James 3:5

The greek text ^BETA

Nestle AlandTextus Receptus

Manuscript comments

TR has 15 Words, NA has 16 (+1).

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Οὕτως
Thus καὶ
also ἡ
the γλῶσσα
tongue μικρὸν
a small μέλος
member ἐστὶν
is, καὶ
and μεγάλα
exceeding things αὐχεῖ.
it boasts. ἰδοὺ
Behold ἡλίκον
a great πῦρ
fire, ἡλίκην
how great ὕλην
a forest ἀνάπτει·
it kindles.

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
G3779	Οὕτως (Oytos)	Thus	Adverb Adverb	ADV
G2532	καὶ (kai)	also	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G3588	ἡ (e)	the	Definite article Definite article nom. sing. ♀ Nominative singular feminine	T-NSF
G1100	γλῶσσα (glossa)	tongue	Noun Noun nom. sing. ♀ Nominative singular feminine	N-NSF
G3398	μικρὸν (mikron)	a small	Adjective Adjective nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral	A-NSN
G3196	μέλος (melos)	member	Noun Noun nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral	N-NSN
G1510	ἐστὶν (estin)	is,	VERB Verb pres. active ind. present active indicative sing. third person singular	V-PAI-3S
G2532	καὶ (kai)	and	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G3173	μεγάλα (megala)	exceeding things	Adjective Adjective acc. pl. neut. accusative plural Neutral	A-APN
G6094	αὐχεῖ. (aychei.)	it boasts.	VERB Verb pres. active ind. present active indicative sing. third person singular	V-PAI-3S
G2400	ἰδοὺ (idoy)	Behold	Interjection Interjection	INJ
G2245	ἡλίκον (elikon)	a great	Interrogative pron. Interrogative/Uncertain pronoun nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral	I-NSN
G4442	πῦρ (pyr)	fire,	Noun Noun nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral	N-NSN
G2245	ἡλίκην (eliken)	how great	Interrogative pron. Interrogative/Uncertain pronoun acc. sing. ♀ accusative singular feminine	I-ASF
G5208	ὕλην (ylen)	a forest	Noun Noun acc. sing. ♀ accusative singular feminine	N-ASF
G0381	ἀνάπτει· (anaptei.)	it kindles.	VERB Verb pres. active ind. present active indicative sing. third person singular	V-PAI-3S

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