New American Standard Bible 1995

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1 Corinthians

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But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
But every all, every Adj-NFS H3956 πᾶσα pasa
woman a woman N-NFS H1135 γυνὴ gunē
who has her head the head N-AFS H2776 κεφαλῇ kephalē
uncovered uncovered Adj-DFS H177 ἀκατακαλύπτῳ akatakaluptō
while praying to pray V-PPM/P-NFS H4336 προσευχομένη proseuchomenē
or or, than Conj H2228 ἡ ē
prophesying to foretell, tell forth, prophesy V-PPA-NFS H4395 προφητεύουσα prophēteuousa
disgraces to put to shame, to disgrace V-PIA-3S H2617 καταισχύνει kataischunei
her head, the head N-AFS H2776 κεφαλὴν kephalēn
for she is one one Adj-NNS H1520 ἓν en
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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and the same (1) self (emphatic) (2) he, she, it (used for the third pers. pron.) (3) the same PPro-NN3S H846 αὐτῆς autēs
as the woman a woman N-NFS H1135    
whose head is shaved. to shave V-RPM/P-DFS H3587 ἐξυρημένῃ exurēmenē

Parallel Verses

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New American Standard Bible 1995 But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved.
King James Bible But every woman who has that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces dishonoureth her head, head: for that is even all one as if she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved.were shaven.
Berean Bible But And every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces with the head uncovered dishonors her head, head; for she it is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved.with having been shaven.
Hebrew Greek English But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved.