James 2:20:4Jas.2.20.W4TAB

ô

O

Transliteration
Ô
Extended
Ô
IPA
/ɔː/

Meaning by language

English
O

Alphabet Analysis

Omegao — same as omicron

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Word in context

  1. word

    Ô

  2. sentence

    THE-leis de GNO-nai Ô AN-thrô-pe ke-NE HO-ti hê PEE-stis khô-RIS tôn ER-gôn ar-GÊ ES-tin

Exegesis

The vocative particle ō {ὦ | ô} ‘O’ and the noun anthrōpe {ἄνθρωπε | án-thrō-pe} ‘person’ modified by the adjective kene {κενέ | ke-né} ‘empty’ interrupts the question to address the interlocutor directly.

Root and etymology

synagōsigma–upsilon–nu–alpha–gamma–omega

to bring together, gather

In contextJames 2:20

But do you want to know, O empty man , that faith without works is useless ?

About this coordinate

James 2:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of James 2:20, so the Greek word (ô) 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.2.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jas.2.20.W4.S1) and character.