James 3:12

The greek text ^BETA

Nestle AlandTextus Receptus

Manuscript comments

NA has 15 words, TR has 17 (+2).

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Interlinear — horizontal

Below is an interlinear translation which follows the original scripture word for word. We are still working on the lexicon. Please contact us if you want to help.

μὴ
Not δύναται,
is able, ἀδελφοί
brothers μου,
of me, συκῆ
a fig tree ἐλαίας
olives ποιῆσαι
to produce? ἢ
Or ἄμπελος
a vine, σῦκα
figs? οὔτε
Nor ἁλυκὸν
a salt [spring], γλυκὺ
fresh ποιῆσαι
to produce ὕδωρ.¶
water.

Interlinear — table

Below is an interlinear version in table form that follows the word order of the original text. Clicking on the Strongs number will show the words in their basic form (note that sometimes the grammar causes not only the endings to change, but also the initial letters of the word).

Strongs nr	Greek	English	Grammar	Code
G3361	μὴ (me)	Not	Particle Particle Nominative Nominative	PRT-N
G1410	δύναται, (dynatai,)	is able,	VERB Verb pres. middle dep. ind. present middle or passive deponent indicative sing. third person singular	V-PNI-3S
G0080	ἀδελφοί (adelphoi)	brothers	Noun Noun vocative pl. ♂ vocative plural masculine	N-VPM
G1473	μου, (moy,)	of me,	Personal Pron. Personal Pronoun gen. sing. first person genitive singular	P-1GS
G4808	συκῆ (syke)	a fig tree	Noun Noun nom. sing. ♀ Nominative singular feminine	N-NSF
G1636	ἐλαίας (elaias)	olives	Noun Noun acc. pl. ♀ accusative plural feminine	N-APF
G4160	ποιῆσαι (poiesai)	to produce?	VERB Verb aorist active inf. aorist active infinitive	V-AAN
G2228	ἢ (e)	Or	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G0288	ἄμπελος (ampelos)	a vine,	Noun Noun nom. sing. ♀ Nominative singular feminine	N-NSF
G4810	σῦκα (syka)	figs?	Noun Noun acc. pl. neut. accusative plural Neutral	N-APN
G3777	οὔτε (oyte)	Nor	Conj. Conjunktion nom. Nominative	CONJ-N
G0252	ἁλυκὸν (alykon)	a salt [spring],	Adjective Adjective nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral	A-NSN
G1099	γλυκὺ (glyky)	fresh	Adjective Adjective acc. sing. neut. accusative singular Neutral	A-ASN
G4160	ποιῆσαι (poiesai)	to produce	VERB Verb aorist active inf. aorist active infinitive	V-AAN
G5204	ὕδωρ.¶ (ydor.)	water.	Noun Noun acc. sing. neut. accusative singular Neutral	N-ASN

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