James 2:16:3Jas.2.16.W3TAB
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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Word in context
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tis
- 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 verse begins with the aorist subjunctive eipē {εἴπῃ | eípē} combined with the indefinite subject tis {τις | tis}, forming a hypothetical scenario: “if someone might say.”
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 2:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of James 2:16, 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.2.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jas.2.16.W3.S1) and character.