James 3:7:14Jas.3.7.W14TAB
δεδάμασται
dedamastai
“has been tamed”
- Transliteration
- de-DA-ma-stai
- Extended
- deh-DAH-mah-stai
- IPA
- /deˈda.mas.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- has been tamed
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
de-DA-ma-stai
- sentence
PA-sa gar PHY-sis thê-REE-ōn te kai pe-tei-NŌN her-pe-TŌN te kai e-na-LEE-ōn da-MA-dze-tai kai de-DA-ma-stai tê PHY-sei tê an-thrō-PEE-nê
Exegesis
The passive verbs damazetai {δαμάζεται | da-má-ze-tai} ‘is being tamed’ (present) and dedamastai {δεδάμασται | de-dá-mas-tai} ‘has been tamed’ (perfect) express progressive and completed states.
In context — James 3:7
For every kind of wild animals and of birds, of reptiles and of sea creatures , is being tamed and has been tamed by human nature.
About this coordinate
James 3:7:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of James 3:7, so the Greek word δεδάμασται (dedamastai) 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.3.7.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Jas.3.7.W14.S1) and character.