James 3:7:8Jas.3.7.W8TAB
ἑρπετῶν
herpetōn
“of reptiles”
- Transliteration
- her-pe-TŌN
- Extended
- hehr-peh-TOHN
- IPA
- /her.peˈtɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- of reptiles
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
her-pe-TŌN
- 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 head noun phusis {φύσις | phý-sis} ‘nature’ serves as subject, followed by a coordinated series of genitives therion {θηρίων | thē-rí-ōn} ‘of wild animals’, peteinon {πετεινῶν | pe-tei-nôn} ‘of birds’, herpeton {ἑρπετῶν | her-pe-tôn} ‘of reptiles’, and enalion {ἐναλίων | e-na-lí-ōn} ‘of sea creatures’ that define the universality. The paired enclitic te…kai and te…kai unify the groups stylistically.
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 3:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of James 3:7, so the Greek word ἑρπετῶν (herpetōn) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jas.3.7.W8.S1) and character.