James 2:17:8Jas.2.17.W8TAB

ἔργα

erga

works

Transliteration
ER-ga
Extended
EHR-gah
IPA
/ˈer.ga/

Meaning by language

English
works

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Result
ἔρ + γα
er + ga
erga

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Rhor — rolled r
Gammagh — guttural
Alphaah — as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    ER-ga

  2. sentence

    HOU-tōs KAI hê PI-stis e-AN mê E-khē ER-ga ne-KRA es-TIN kath he-au-TÊN

Exegesis

The conditional clause introduced by ean {ἐὰν | e-án} ‘if’ and the present subjunctive echē {ἔχῃ | é-khē} ‘may have’ sets a general condition concerning the absence of erga {ἔργα | ér-ga} ‘works’.

Root and etymology

ergonepsilon–rho–gamma–omicron–nu

work, deed

In contextJames 2:17

In the same way, faith , if it does not have works , is dead in itself.

About this coordinate

James 2:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of James 2:17, so the Greek word ἔργα (erga) 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.2.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jas.2.17.W8.S1) and character.