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
καὶkaiand / also
ἡhēthe
γλῶσσαglōssatongue
πῦρpyrfiery, fire
ὁhothe
κόσμοςkosmosworld
τῆςtēsthe
ἀδικίαςadikiasiniquity, unjust, unrighteousness
ἡhēthe
γλῶσσαglōssatongue
καθίσταταιkathistataiappoint, be, conduct
ἐνenabout, after, against
τοῖςtoisthe
μέλεσινmelesinmember
ἡμῶνhēmōnI
ἡhēthe
σπιλοῦσαspilousadefile, spot
ὅλονholonall, altogether, every whit
τὸtothe
σῶμαsōmabody
καὶkaiand / also
φλογίζουσαphlogizousaset on fire
τὸνtonthe
τροχὸνtrochoncourse
τῆςtēsthe
γενέσεωςgeneseōsgeneration, nature(-ral)
καὶkaiand / also
φλογιζομένηphlogizomenēset on fire
ὑπὸhypounder / by
τῆςtēsthe
γεέννηςgeennēshell
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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