1 Corinthians 15:52

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐν ἀτόμῳ, ἐν ῥιπῇ ὀφθαλμοῦ, ἐν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ σάλπιγγι: σαλπίσει γάρ, καὶ οἱ νεκροὶ ἐγερθήσονται ἄφθαρτοι, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀλλαγησόμεθα.

Transliteration

In atomō, in rhipē ophthalmou, in the last salpingi: for it shall salpisei, and the nekroi shall be egerthēsontai aphthartoi, and we shall be allagēsometha.

Grammar Details

*en*: preposition with dative - in
*atomō*: dative masculine singular - moment/instant
*rhipē*: dative feminine singular - twinkling/blinking
*ophthalmou*: genitive masculine singular - of eye
*eschatē*: dative feminine singular with article - last
*salpingi*: dative feminine singular - trumpet
*salpisei*: future active indicative, 3rd singular - it will sound
*gar*: postpositive conjunction - for
*nekroi*: nominative masculine plural with article - dead [ones]
*egerthēsontai*: future passive indicative, 3rd plural - will be raised
*aphthartoi*: nominative masculine plural - incorruptible
*kai*: conjunction - and
*hēmeis*: personal pronoun, nominative plural - we
*allagēsometha*: future passive indicative, 1st plural - we will be changed

Word Meanings

*atomō*: moment/instant/indivisible [time]
*rhipē ophthalmou*: twinkling of an eye/blinking of an eye
*eschatē salpingi*: last trumpet/final trumpet
*salpisei*: will sound/will trumpet/will blast
*nekroi*: dead ones/corpses
*egerthēsontai*: will be raised/will be resurrected
*aphthartoi*: incorruptible/imperishable/immortal
*allagēsometha*: will be changed/will be transformed

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Matt 24:31 : 31 And he shall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
John 5:25 : 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.
Isa 27:13 : 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great trumpet shall be blown; and they shall come that were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and they that were outcasts in the land of Egypt; and they shall worship Jehovah in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
Zech 9:14 : 14 And Jehovah shall be seen over them; and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord Jehovah will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
Ezek 33:3 : 3 if, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
Ezek 33:6 : 6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned, and the sword come, and take any person from among them; he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
John 5:28 : 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,
1 Cor 15:42 : 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
1 Cor 15:50 : 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood {G3756} cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
1 Thess 4:16-17 : 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; 17 then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; {G1722} {G3571} in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein {G846} shall be burned up.
Rev 8:2 : 2 And I saw the seven angels that stand before God; and there were given unto them seven trumpets.
Rev 8:13 : 13 And I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a great voice, Woe, woe, woe, for them that dwell on the earth, by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, who are yet to sound.
Rev 9:13-14 : 13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the {G5064} horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14 one saying to the sixth angel that had one trumpet, Loose the four angels that are bound at the great river Euphrates.
Exod 19:16 : 16 And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled.
Exod 20:18 : 18 And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.
Exod 33:5 : 5 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people; if I go up into the midst of thee for one moment, I shall consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
Num 10:4 : 4 And if they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
Num 16:21 : 21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
Num 16:45 : 45 Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
Ps 73:19 : 19 How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
Isa 18:3 : 3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and ye dwellers on the earth, when an ensign is lifted up on the mountains, see ye; and when the trumpet is blown, hear ye.

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