James 2:20:9Jas.2.20.W9TAB
πίστις
peestis
“faith”
- Transliteration
- PEE-stis
- Extended
- PEE-stihs
- IPA
- /ˈpis.tis/
Meaning by language
- English
- faith
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| 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
- word
PEE-stis
- 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 content clause introduced by hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} ‘that’—hē pistis {ἡ πίστις | hē pís-tis} ‘the faith’ chōris {χωρὶς | khō-rís} ‘apart from’ tōn ergōn {τῶν ἔργων | tōn ér-gōn} ‘the works’ argē {ἀργή | ar-gḗ} ‘useless’ estin {ἐστιν | ést-in} ‘is’—asserts the core proposition. The proximity of pistis and ergōn emphasizes their necessary connection, while argē in predicate position delivers the evaluative force. Translators preserve the interrogative structure, the confrontational tone of the vocative, and the functional critique of argē in rendering ‘useless’.
Root and etymology
peithōpi–epsilon–iota–theta–omega
“to persuade, to trust”
In context — James 2:20
But do you want to know, O empty man , that faith without works is useless ?
About this coordinate
James 2:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of James 2:20, so the Greek word πίστις (peestis) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jas.2.20.W9.S1) and character.