James 2:10:6Jas.2.10.W6TAB
τηρήσῃ
têrêsêi
“keeps”
- Transliteration
- tê-RÊ-sêi
- Extended
- têh-RÊH-sêi
- IPA
- /tɛːˈrɛː.sɛːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- keeps
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
tê-RÊ-sêi
- 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 aorist subjunctive tērēsē {τηρήσῃ | tērḗ-sē} ‘should keep’ presents a hypothetical full compliance, while the aorist subjunctive ptaísē {πταίσῃ | ptaí-sē} ‘should stumble’ introduces the contrasting scenario.
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 2:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of James 2:10, so the Greek word τηρήσῃ (têrêsêi) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jas.2.10.W6.S1) and character.