James 2:10:1Jas.2.10.W1TAB
ὅστις
hostis
“whoever”
- Transliteration
- HO-stis
- Extended
- HOH-stihs
- IPA
- /ˈhos.tis/
Meaning by language
- English
- whoever
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
HO-stis
- sentence
HO-stis gar HO-lon ton NO-mon tê-RÊ-sêi ptai-SÊI de en he-NEE GE-go-nen PAN-tōn E-no-khos
Exegesis
The sentence begins with hostis {ὅστις | hós-tis} ‘whoever,’ introducing a general conditional statement.
In context — James 2:10
For whoever guards the whole law but stumbles at one point has become guilty of all of it.
About this coordinate
James 2:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of James 2:10, so the Greek word ὅστις (hostis) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Jas.2.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jas.2.10.W1.S1) and character.