James 3:6:2Jas.3.6.W2TAB
ἡ
hê
“the”
- Transliteration
- hê
- Extended
- hê
- IPA
- /hɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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hê
- sentence
KAI hê GLÔS-sa PŶR ho KOS-mos tês a-di-KI-as hê GLÔS-sa ka-THI-sta-tai en tois ME-le-sin hê-MON hê spi-LOU-sa HO-lon to SÔ-ma KAI phlo-GI-zou-sa ton tro-KHON tês ge-NE-se-ôs KAI phlo-gi-zo-ME-nê hy-PO tês ge-EN-nês
Exegesis
The verse begins with an asyndetic equative clause in which the subject hē glōssa {ἡ γλῶσσα | glô-ssa} ‘the tongue’ is equated with two predicate nominatives, pŷr {πῦρ | pŷr} ‘fire’ and ho kósmos tēs adikías {ὁ κόσμος τῆς ἀδικίας | kó-smos tēs a-di-kí-as} ‘the world of unrighteousness,’ intensifying the destructive power of speech.
Root and etymology
pedalionpi–eta–delta–alpha–lambda–iota–omicron–nu
“rudder, steering apparatus”
In context — James 3:6
The tongue is fire; it is a world of unrighteousness. Set among our members, it stains the whole body and sets on fire the whole course of life ; and it is itself set on fire by hell .
About this coordinate
James 3:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of James 3:6, so the Greek word ἡ (hê) 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.3.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jas.3.6.W2.S1) and character.