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A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
ἀνὴρanēr[He is] a man
Lemma: ἀνήρ (anēr) · Strong's: G0435G
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (N-NSM)
Meaning: man — ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός, ὁ, ; [in LXX chiefly for אִישׁ, frequently אֱנוֹשׁ, also אָדָם, etc. ; ] ; a man, Lat. vir. ; 1. As opposite to a woman, Act.8:12, 1Ti.2:12; as a husband, Mat.1:16, Jhn.4:16, Rom.7:2, Tit.1:6. ; 2. As…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 162 times. Also: Matthew 7:24, Matthew 7:26, Matthew 12:41, Matthew 14:21, Matthew 14:35, Matthew 15:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0435G; TFLSJ G0435G; TAGNT James 1:8 word 1
δίψυχοςdipsuchosdouble-minded
Lemma: δίψυχος (dipsuchos) · Strong's: G1374
Parsing: Adjective · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (A-NSM)
Meaning: double-minded — δίψυχος, -ον; (δίς, ψυχή), ; of two minds, wavering: Jas.1:8 4:8 (Cremer, 588; DB, iv, 528).†; (AS)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 2 times. Also: James 4:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1374; TFLSJ G1374; TAGNT James 1:8 word 2
ἀκατάστατοςakatastatosunstable
Lemma: ἀκατάστατος (akatastatos) · Strong's: G0182
Parsing: Adjective · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (A-NSM)
Meaning: restless — ἀ-κατά-στατος, -ον (καθίστημι), ; [in LXX: Isa.54:11 (סֹעֲרָה) ; ] ; unsettled, unstable: Jas.1:8, 3:8.†; (AS)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 2 times. Also: James 3:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0182; TFLSJ G0182; TAGNT James 1:8 word 3
ἐνenin
Lemma: ἐν (en) · Strong's: G1722
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: in/on/among — ἐν, ; prep, (the most frequently of all in NT), with dative (= Heb. בְּ, Lat. in, with abl.). ; I. Of place, with dative of thing(s), of person(s), in, within, on, at, by, among: ἐν τ. πόλει, Luk.7:37; τ. οφθαλμῷ,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 2826 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:1, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1722; TFLSJ G1722; TAGNT James 1:8 word 4
πάσαιςpasaisall
Lemma: πᾶς (pas) · Strong's: G3956
Parsing: Adjective · Dative · Plural · Feminine (A-DPF)
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 James 1:8 word 5
ταῖςtaisthe
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Dative · Plural · Feminine (T-DPF)
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 James 1:8 word 6
ὁδοῖςhodoisways
Lemma: ὁδός (hodos) · Strong's: G3598
Parsing: Noun · Dative · Plural · Feminine (N-DPF)
Meaning: road — ὁδός, -οῦ, ἡ, ; [in LXX chiefly (very freq.) for דֶּרֶךְ ; ] ; 1. a way, path, road: Mat.2:12, Mrk.10:46, Luk.3:5 al.; κατὰ τὴν ὁ., Luk.10:4, al.; παρὰ τὴν ὁ., Mat.13:4, al.; with genitive of person(s), (subj.), τὴν ὁ.…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 102 times. Also: Matthew 2:12, Matthew 3:3, Matthew 4:15, Matthew 5:25, Matthew 7:13, Matthew 7:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3598; TFLSJ G3598; TAGNT James 1:8 word 7
αὐτοῦ.autouof him.
Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846
Parsing: Personal pronoun · Genitive · Singular · Masculine (P-GSM)
Meaning: it/s/he — αὐτός, -ή, -ό, ; determinative pron., in late Gk. much more frequently than in cl. (WM, 178f.; Jannaris, HGG, §1399). ; 1. Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the art., see infr., iii); (1) self (ipse),…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 5846 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0846; TFLSJ G0846; TAGNT James 1:8 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| [He is] a double-minded | → | δίψυχος G1374 double-minded |
| man | → | ἀνήρ G0435G man |
| unstable | → | ἀκατάστατος G0182 restless |
| in | → | ἐν G1722 in/on/among |
| all | → | πᾶς G3956 all |
| his | → | αὐτός G0846 it/s/he |
| ways | → | ὁδός G3598 road |
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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