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And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
ἐπὶepiBeyond
Lemma: ἐπί (epi) · Strong's: G1909
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: upon/to/against — ἐπί (before a smooth breathing ἐπ᾽, before a rough breathing ἐφ᾽), ; prep. with genitive, dative, accusative (accusative most frequently in NT), ; with primary sense of superposition, on, upon. ; I. C. genitive, ; 1. of…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 905 times. Also: Matthew 1:11, Matthew 2:22, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:13, Matthew 3:16, Matthew 4:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1909; TFLSJ G1909; TAGNT Colossians 3:14 word 1
πᾶσινpasinall
Lemma: πᾶς (pas) · Strong's: G3956
Parsing: Adjective · Dative · Plural · Neuter (A-DPN)
Meaning: all — πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν, genitive, παντός, πάσης, παντός, ; [in LXX chiefly for כֹּל ; ] ; all, every. ; I. As adj., ; 1. with subst. anarth., all, every, of every kind: Mat.3:10 4:23, Mrk.9:49, Luk.4:37, Jhn.2:1o, Act.27:20,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 1264 times. Also: Matthew 1:17, Matthew 2:3, Matthew 2:4, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 3:5, Matthew 3:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3956; TFLSJ G3956; TAGNT Colossians 3:14 word 2
δὲdenow
Lemma: δέ (de) · Strong's: G1161
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: then — δέ (before vowels δ᾽; on the general neglect of the elision in NT, see WH, App., 146; Tdf., Pr., 96), ; post-positive conjunctive particle; 1. copulative, but, in the next place, and, now (Abbott, JG, 104): Mat.1:2ff.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 2921 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1161; TFLSJ G1161; TAGNT Colossians 3:14 word 3
τούτοιςtoutoisthese
Lemma: οὗτος (ohutos) · Strong's: G3778
Parsing: Demonstrative pronoun · Dative · Plural · Neuter (D-DPN)
Meaning: this/he/she/it — οὗτος, αὕτη, τοῦτο, genitive, τούτου, ταύτης, τούτου, ; [in LXX chiefly for זֹאת ,זֶה ; ] ; demonstr. pron. (related to ἐκεῖνος as hic to ille), ; this; 1. as subst., this one, he; (a) absol.: Mat.3:17, Mrk.9:7,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 1423 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:22, Matthew 3:3, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:17, Matthew 4:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3778; TFLSJ G3778; TAGNT Colossians 3:14 word 4
τὴνtēn[put on] the
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (T-ASF)
Meaning: the/this/who — ὁ, ἡ, τό, ; the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article. ; I. As demonstr. pron. ; 1. As frequently in Hom.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 20654 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3588; TFLSJ G3588; TAGNT Colossians 3:14 word 5
ἀγάπην,agapēnlove,
Lemma: ἀγάπη (agapē) · Strong's: G0026
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (N-ASF)
Meaning: love — ἀγάπη, -ης, ἡ ; [in LXX for אַהֲבָה, which is also rendered by ἀγάπησις and φιλία ; ] ; love, goodwill, esteem. Outside of bibl. and eccl. books, there is no clear instance (with Deiss., LAE, 18:4, 70:2, cf. the same…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 114 times. Also: Matthew 24:12, Luke 11:42, John 5:42, John 13:35, John 15:9, John 15:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0026; TFLSJ G0026; TAGNT Colossians 3:14 word 6
ὅhowhich
Lemma: ὅς (hos, hē) · Strong's: G3739
Parsing: Relative pronoun · Nominative · Singular · Neuter (R-NSN)
Meaning: which — ὅς, ἥ, ὅ, ; the postpositive article (ἄρθρον ὑποτακτικόν). ; I. As demonstr. pron. = οὗτος, ὅδε, this, that, also for αὐτός, chiefly in nom.: ὅς δέ, but he (cf. ἦ δὲ ὅς, frequently in Plat.), Mrk.15:23, Jhn.5:11; ὃς μὲν…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT
Used 1433 times. Also: Matthew 1:16, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 1:25, Matthew 2:9, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 3:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3739; TFLSJ G3739; TAGNT Colossians 3:14 word 7
ἐστινestinis
Lemma: εἰμί (eimi) · Strong's: G1510
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-PAI-3S)
Meaning: to be — εἰμί, ; with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be. ; I. As substantive verb. ; 1. Of persons and things, to be, exist: Act.17:28, Jhn.1:1, 8:58, 17:5, al; ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν (for past ptcp.), Rev.1:4,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 2406 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1510; TFLSJ G1510; TAGNT Colossians 3:14 word 8
σύνδεσμοςsundesmos[the] bond
Lemma: σύνδεσμος (sundesmos) · Strong's: G4886
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (N-NSM)
Meaning: bond(age) — σύν-δεσμος, -ου, ὁ; (συνδέω), [in LXX for קֶשֶׁר, קְטַר, etc. ; ] ; that which binds together, a bond: of the ligaments of the body, Col.2:19. Metaphorical, σ. ἀδικίας, Act.8:23; τ. τελειότητος, Col.3:14; τ. εἰρήνης,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 4 times. Also: Acts 8:23, Ephesians 4:3, Colossians 2:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4886; TFLSJ G4886; TAGNT Colossians 3:14 word 9
τῆςtēs<the>
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Genitive · Singular · Feminine (T-GSF)
Meaning: the/this/who — ὁ, ἡ, τό, ; the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article. ; I. As demonstr. pron. ; 1. As frequently in Hom.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 20654 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3588; TFLSJ G3588; TAGNT Colossians 3:14 word 10
τελειότητος.teleiotētosof perfect unity.
Lemma: τελειότης (teleiotēs) · Strong's: G5047
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Singular · Feminine (N-GSF)
Meaning: perfection — τελειότης, -ητος, ἡ; (τέλειος), [in LXX: Jdg.9:16, 19 (תָּמִים), Pro.11:3 (תֻּמָּה), Wis.6:15 12:17, Jer.2:2 * ; ] ; perfection, completeness: Col.3:14, Heb.6:1 ; (AS)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 2 times. Also: Hebrews 6:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5047; TFLSJ G5047; TAGNT Colossians 3:14 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And | → | δέ G1161 then |
| over | → | ἐπί G1909 upon/to/against |
| all | → | πᾶς G3956 all |
| these [virtues] | → | οὗτος G3778 this/he/she/it |
| [put on] love | → | ἀγάπη G0026 love |
| which | → | ὅς G3739 which |
| is | → | εἰμί G1510 to be |
| [the] bond | → | σύνδεσμος G4886 bond(age) |
| of perfect unity | → | τελειότης G5047 perfection |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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