James 2:22:4Jas.2.22.W4TAB
πίστις
pistis
“faith”
- Transliteration
- PIS-tis
- Extended
- PIHS-tihs
- 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
PIS-tis
- sentence
BLE-peis HO-ti hê PIS-tis sy-NEER-gei tois ER-gois au-TOU kai ek tôn ER-gōn hê PIS-tis e-te-le-Ō-thê
Exegesis
In this clause the subject hē pistis {ἡ πίστις | hē pís-tis} ‘the faith’ is fronted and then linked with the imperfect active indicative verb synērgei {συνήργει | syn-ḗr-gei} ‘was working together,’ whose imperfective aspect portrays an ongoing cooperative process.
The repeated subject hē pistis {ἡ πίστις | hē pís-tis} ‘the faith’ is then the patient of the aorist passive indicative verb eteleiōthē {ἐτελειώθη | e-te-lei-ṓ-thē} ‘was completed,’ presenting a resultative event in which faith is brought to its intended end. The parallel structure between the cooperative imperfect and the resultative aorist underscores that works are integral to bringing faith to maturity.
Root and etymology
peithōpi–epsilon–iota–theta–omega
“to persuade, to trust”
In context — James 2:22
You see that the faith was working together with his works, and from the works the faith was made complete .
About this coordinate
James 2:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of James 2:22, so the Greek word πίστις (pistis) 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.2.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jas.2.22.W4.S1) and character.