James 1:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:”

James 1:23 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · James 1:2320 words

ὅτιhotithat / because

εἴeiforasmuch as, if, that

τιςtisa (kind of), any (man, thing

ἀκροατὴςakroatēshearer

λόγουlogouword / message

ἐστὶνestinam, have been, is I

καὶkaiand / also

οὐounot

ποιητήςpoiētēsdoer, poet

οὗτοςhoutoshe (it was that), hereof, it

ἔοικενeoiken

ἀνδρὶandrifellow, husband, man

κατανοοῦντιkatanoountibehold, consider, discover

τὸtothe

πρόσωπονprosōpon(outward) appearance, countenance, face

τῆςtēsthe

γενέσεωςgeneseōsgeneration, nature(-ral)

αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same

ἐνenabout, after, against

ἐσόπτρῳesoptrōglass

ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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