1 Corinthians 11:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἕκαστος γὰρ τὸ ἴδιον δεῖπνον προλαμβάνει ἐν τῷ φαγεῖν: καὶ ὃς μὲν πεινᾷ, ὃς δὲ μεθύει.

Transliteration

Each gar the own deipnon prolambanei in the phagein: and who men peina, who de methyei.

Grammar Details

Ἕκαστος: adjective, nominative, masculine, singular - each/every
*gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
τὸ ἴδιον: accusative, neuter, singular - own/personal
*deipnon*: accusative, neuter, singular - supper/meal
*prolambanei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - takes ahead/takes before others
ἐν: preposition with dative - in
*phagein*: aorist active infinitive - to eat
καὶ: conjunction - and
ὃς: relative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - who
*men*: postpositive particle - on the one hand
*peina*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - hungers
*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
*methyei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - gets drunk

Word Meanings

*deipnon*: supper/meal/dinner
*prolambanei*: takes ahead/takes before others/eats before others
*phagein*: to eat/to consume
*peina*: hungers/is hungry
*methyei*: gets drunk/is drunk

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jude 1:12 : 12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
2 Pet 2:13 : 13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
1 Cor 10:16-18 : 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? 17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. 18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
1 Cor 11:23-25 : 23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: 24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

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