James 2:16:21Jas.2.16.W21TAB
τί
ti
“what”
- Transliteration
- TI
- Extended
- TEE
- IPA
- /ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- what
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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TI
- sentence
EI-pê DE tis au-TOIS eks hy-MÔN hy-PA-ge-te en ei-RÊ-nêi ther-mai-NE-sthe KAI khor-TA-dze-sthe mê DÔ-te de au-TOIS ta e-pi-TÊ-dei-a tou SÔ-ma-tos TI O-phe-los
Exegesis
The closing interrogative ti ophelos {τί ὄφελος | tí óphelos} functions as a rhetorical question, placing emphatic weight on the uselessness of words without deeds; this climactic position invites the reader to draw an evaluative conclusion about such faith and practice. In translation, the conditional nuance, the sequence of imperatives, and the contrast between speech and action are preserved to maintain the rhetorical force.
Root and etymology
peithōpi–epsilon–iota–theta–omega
“to persuade, to trust”
In context — James 2:16
But if anyone among you says to them, “Go in peace , be warmed and be filled,” yet you do not give them the necessities for the body, what profit is there?
About this coordinate
James 2:16:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of James 2:16, so the Greek word τί (ti) 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.2.16.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Jas.2.16.W21.S1) and character.