Treasury of Scripture Knowledge If the whole body were the eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? 1 Corinthians 12:21,29 And the eye cannot say to the hand: I need not thy help. Nor again the head to the feet: I have no need of you. . . . 1 Samuel 9:9 Now in time past in Israel, when a man went to consult God, he spoke thus: Come, let us go to the seer. For he that is now called a prophet, in time past was called a seer. Psalm 94:9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the eye, doth he not consider? Psalm 139:13-16 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb. . . . Proverbs 20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both. Context The Body of Christ…16And if the ear should say: Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body: Is it therefore not of the body? 17If the whole body were the eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? 18But now God hath set the members, every one of them, in the body as it hath pleased him.… Cross References 1 Corinthians 12:16 And if the ear should say: Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body: Is it therefore not of the body? 1 Corinthians 12:18 But now God hath set the members, every one of them, in the body as it hath pleased him. Lexicon Ifεἰ (ei) Conjunction Strong's Greek 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. the τὸ (to) Article - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. whole ὅλον (holon) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's Greek 3650: All, the whole, entire, complete. A primary word; 'whole' or 'all', i.e. Complete, especially as noun or adverb. body [were] σῶμα (sōma) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's Greek 4983: Body, flesh; the body of the Church. From sozo; the body, used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively. an eye, ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 3788: The eye; fig: the mind's eye. From optanomai; the eye; by implication, vision; figuratively, envy. where ποῦ (pou) Adverb Strong's Greek 4226: Genitive case of an interrogative pronoun pos otherwise obsolete; as adverb of place; at what locality. [would] the ἡ (hē) Article - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. sense of hearing [be]? ἀκοή (akoē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's Greek 189: Hearing, faculty of hearing, ear; report, rumor. From akouo; hearing. If εἰ (ei) Conjunction Strong's Greek 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. [the] whole [body] ὅλον (holon) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's Greek 3650: All, the whole, entire, complete. A primary word; 'whole' or 'all', i.e. Complete, especially as noun or adverb. [were] an ear, ἀκοή (akoē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's Greek 189: Hearing, faculty of hearing, ear; report, rumor. From akouo; hearing. where ποῦ (pou) Adverb Strong's Greek 4226: Genitive case of an interrogative pronoun pos otherwise obsolete; as adverb of place; at what locality. [would] the ἡ (hē) Article - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. sense of smell [be]? ὄσφρησις (osphrēsis) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's Greek 3750: The sense of smell, smelling. From a derivative of ozo; smell. Additional Translations If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? If all the body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If all were hearing, where would be the sense of smell? If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? If the whole body [were] an eye, where the hearing? if all hearing, where the smelling? If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the nostrils be? If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be? If the whole body were an eye, where the hearing? if the whole hearing, where the smelling? Jump to Previous Body Ear Eye Hearing Nostrils Sense Smell Smelling WholeJump to Next Body Ear Eye Hearing Nostrils Sense Smell Smelling WholeExternal Links 1 Corinthians 12:17 NIV1 Corinthians 12:17 NLT 1 Corinthians 12:17 ESV 1 Corinthians 12:17 NASB 1 Corinthians 12:17 ASV 1 Corinthians 12:17 Bible Apps 1 Corinthians 12:17 Biblia Paralela 1 Corinthians 12:17 Chinese Bible 1 Corinthians 12:17 French Bible 1 Corinthians 12:17 German Bible Alphabetical: an be body ear eye hearing If of sense smell the were where whole would NT Letters: 1 Corinthians 12:17 If the whole body were an eye (1 Cor. 1C iC 1Cor i cor icor) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |