Colossians 1:18 — King James Version← Study notes
“And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.”
Colossians 1:18 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Colossians 1:1822 words
καὶkaiand / also
αὐτόςautoshe / she / it / same
ἐστινestinam, have been, is I
ἡhēthe
κεφαλὴkephalēhead
τοῦtouthe
σώματοςsōmatosbody
τῆςtēsthe
ἐκκλησίαςekklēsiasassembly, church
ὅςhoswho / which
ἐστινestinam, have been, is I
ἀρχήarchēbeginning, corner, (at the
πρωτότοκοςprōtotokosfirstbegotten(-born)
ἐκekfrom / out of
τῶνtōnthe
νεκρῶνnekrōndead
ἵναhinaso that / in order that
γένηταιgenētaiarise, be
assembled, be(-come
ἐνenabout, after, against
πᾶσινpasinall / every
αὐτὸςautoshe / she / it / same
πρωτεύωνprōteuōnhave the preeminence
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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