James 2:14:8Jas.2.14.W8TAB
τις
tis
“someone”
- Transliteration
- tis
- Extended
- tihs
- IPA
- /tis/
Meaning by language
- English
- someone
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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tis
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TI O-phe-los a-del-PHOI mou e-AN PI-stin LE-gêi tis E-khein ER-ga de mê E-khêi mê DY-na-tai hê PI-stis SÔ-sai au-TON
Exegesis
ti {Τί | Tí} ‘what’ and ophelos {ὄφελος | ó-phe-los} ‘profit’ open a rhetorical evaluation, with the vocative adelphoi mou {ἀδελφοί μου | a-del-foí mou} ‘my brothers’ directing the address to fellow believers.
The conditional particle ean {ἐὰν | e-an} with subjunctive lege {λέγῃ | lé-gē} plus infinitive ekhein {ἔχειν | é-khein} frames a hypothetical claim of having pistis {πίστις | pí-stis} ‘faith.’
The second question employs interrogative mē dynatai {μὴ | mē} {δύναται | dý-na-tai} ‘is able’ to challenge the efficacy of such faith as subject hē pistis {ἡ πίστις | hē pí-stis} ‘the faith’ in its infinitive purpose sōsai {σῶσαι | sô-sai} ‘to save,’ shifting from evaluative inquiry to existential consequence.
Root and etymology
peithōpi–epsilon–iota–theta–omega
“to persuade, to trust”
In context — James 2:14
What profit is there, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Is that faith able to save him?
About this coordinate
James 2:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of James 2:14, so the Greek word τις (tis) 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.2.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jas.2.14.W8.S1) and character.