James 3:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.”

James 3:6 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · James 3:631 words

GreekMeaning

καὶkai

AlsowordG2532

ἡhē

thearticleG3588

γλῶσσαglōssa

tongue isnounG1100

πῦρpyr

a firenounG4442

ὁho

thearticleG3588

κόσμοςkosmos

worldnounG2889

τῆςtēs

thearticleG3588

ἀδικίαςadikias

of iniquitynounG93

ἡhē

ThearticleG3588

γλῶσσαglōssa

tonguenounG1100

καθίσταταιkathistatai

is setverbG2525

ἐνen

amongprepositionG1722

τοῖςtois

thearticleG3588

μέλεσινmelesin

membersnounG3196

ἡμῶνhēmōn

of uspronounG1473

ἡhē

whicharticleG3588

σπιλοῦσαspilousa

is defilingverbG4695

ὅλονholon

alladjectiveG3650

τὸto

thearticleG3588

σῶμαsōma

bodynounG4983

καὶkai

andwordG2532

φλογίζουσαphlogizousa

setting on fireverbG5394

τὸνton

thearticleG3588

τροχὸνtrochon

coursenounG5164

τῆςtēs

thearticleG3588

γενέσεωςgeneseōs

of naturenounG1078

καὶkai

and itselfwordG2532

φλογιζομένηphlogizomenē

being set on fireverbG5394

ὑπὸhypo

byprepositionG5259

τῆςtēs

thearticleG3588

γεέννηςgeennēs

hellnounG1067

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

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