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From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? (KJV)
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ΠόθενPothenFrom where
Lemma: πόθεν (pothen) · Strong's: G4159
Parsing: Adverb · Interrogative (ADV-I)
Meaning: whence — πόθεν ; adv., ; whence; (a) of place: Mat.15:33, Luk.13:25, 27, Jhn.3:8 6:5 8:14 9:29-30 19:9, Rev.7:13; metaphorically, of condition, Rev.2:5; (b) of origin: Mat.13:27, 54 13:56 21:25, Mrk.6:2, Luk.20:7, Jhn.2:9,…
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Used 29 times. Also: Matthew 13:27, Matthew 13:54, Matthew 13:56, Matthew 15:33, Matthew 21:25, Mark 6:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4159; TFLSJ G4159; TAGNT James 4:1 word 1
πόλεμοιpolemoi[come] disputes
Lemma: πόλεμος (polemos) · Strong's: G4171
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Plural · Masculine (N-NPM)
Meaning: war — πόλεμος, -ον, ό ; [in LXX chiefly for מִלְחָמָה ; ] ; 1. war: Mat.24:6, Mrk.13:7, Luk.14:31 21:9, Heb.11:34; π. ποιεῖν, before μετά, with genitive (cf. πολεμέω), Rev.11:7 12:17 13:7 19:19. ; 2. = μάχη, a fight, battle:…
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Used 19 times. Also: Matthew 24:6, Mark 13:7, Luke 14:31, Luke 21:9, 1 Corinthians 14:8, Hebrews 11:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4171; TFLSJ G4171; TAGNT James 4:1 word 2
καὶkaiand
Lemma: καί (kai) · Strong's: G2532
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: and — καί, ; conj., ; and ; I. Copulative. ; 1. Connecting single words; (a) in general: Mat.2:18, 16:1, Mrk.2:15, Luk.8:15, Heb.1:1, al. mult.; repeated before each of the terms in a series, Mat.23:23, Luk.14:21, Rom.7:12,…
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Used 9450 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2532; TFLSJ G2532; TAGNT James 4:1 word 3
πόθενpothenfrom where
Lemma: πόθεν (pothen) · Strong's: G4159
Parsing: Adverb · Interrogative (ADV-I)
Meaning: whence — πόθεν ; adv., ; whence; (a) of place: Mat.15:33, Luk.13:25, 27, Jhn.3:8 6:5 8:14 9:29-30 19:9, Rev.7:13; metaphorically, of condition, Rev.2:5; (b) of origin: Mat.13:27, 54 13:56 21:25, Mrk.6:2, Luk.20:7, Jhn.2:9,…
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Used 29 times. Also: Matthew 13:27, Matthew 13:54, Matthew 13:56, Matthew 15:33, Matthew 21:25, Mark 6:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4159; TFLSJ G4159; TAGNT James 4:1 word 4
μάχαιmachaiquarrels
Lemma: μάχη (machē) · Strong's: G3163
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Plural · Feminine (N-NPF)
Meaning: quarrel — μάχη, -ης, ἡ; (μάχομαι), [in LXX chiefly for רִיב ; ] ; 1. a fight. ; 2. a strife, contention, quarrel: 2Co.7:5, 2Ti.2:23, Jas.4:1; pl., Tit.3:9.†; (AS)
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Used 4 times. Also: 2 Corinthians 7:5, 2 Timothy 2:23, Titus 3:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3163; TFLSJ G3163; TAGNT James 4:1 word 5
ἐνenamong
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,…
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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 4:1 word 6
ὑμῖν;huminyou?
Lemma: σύ (su) · Strong's: G4771
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 2nd · Dative · Plural (P-2DP)
Meaning: you — σύ, ; pron. of 2nd of person(s), ; thou, you, genitive, σοῦ, dative, σοί, accusative, σέ, pl., ὑμεῖς, -ῶν, -ῖν, -ᾶς (enclitic in oblique cases sing., except after prep. (BL, §48, 3), though πρὸς σέ occurs in Mat.25:39).…
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Used 3071 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4771; TFLSJ G4771; TAGNT James 4:1 word 7
οὐκoukSurely
Lemma: οὐ (ou) · Strong's: G3756
Parsing: Negative Particle · Negative · Negative (PRT-N)
Meaning: no — οὐ, before a vowel with smooth breathing οὐκ, before one with rough breathing οὐχ (but improperly οὐχ ἰδού, Act.2:7, WH, mg.; cf. WH, Intr., §409; M, Pr., 44, 244), ; [in LXX for אֵין ,אַיִן ,לֹא ; ] ; neg. particle, ;…
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Used 1689 times. Also: Matthew 1:25, Matthew 2:18, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 4:4, Matthew 4:7, Matthew 5:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3756; TFLSJ G3756; TAGNT James 4:1 word 8
ἐντεῦθεν,enteuthenfrom there,
Lemma: ἐντεῦθεν, ἔνθεν (enteuthen, enthen) · Strong's: G1782
Parsing: Adverb (ADV)
Meaning: from here — ἐντεῦθεν ; adv. (ἔνθεν), [in LXX chiefly for זֶה ; ] ; 1. of place, hence: Luk.4:9 13:31, Jhn.2:16 7:3 14:31 18:36; ἐ. καὶ ἐ. (for cl. ἔνθεν κ. ἔνθεν), on this side and on that, on each side, Jhn.19:18; similarly, ἐ.…
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Used 10 times. Also: Luke 4:9, Luke 13:31, John 2:16, John 7:3, John 14:31, John 18:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1782; TFLSJ G1782; TAGNT James 4:1 word 9
ἐκekout of
Lemma: ἐκ (ek) · Strong's: G1537
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: out from — ἐκ (ἐξ), ; prep. with genitive, ; from out of, from (see Addendum, p. 492).; This entry is included here, but in the print version the entry is found on p. 492. ἐκ, before a vowel ἐξ, ; prep. with genitive, ; of motion…
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Used 929 times. Also: Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:16, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1537; TFLSJ G1537; TAGNT James 4:1 word 10
τῶνtōnthe
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Genitive · Plural · Feminine (T-GPF)
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.,…
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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 4:1 word 11
ἡδονῶνhēdonōnpassions
Lemma: ἡδονή (hēdonē) · Strong's: G2237
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Plural · Feminine (N-GPF)
Meaning: pleasure — ἡδονή, -ῆς, ἡ; (ἥδομαι, to be glad) [in LXX: Num.11:8 (טַעַם), Pro.17:1, Wis.7:2 16:20, and frequently in 4Mac ; ] ; pleasure: 2Pe.2:13; pl., Luk.8:14, Tit.3:3, Jas.4:1, † ; (AS)
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Used 5 times. Also: Luke 8:14, Titus 3:3, James 4:3, 2 Peter 2:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2237; TFLSJ G2237; TAGNT James 4:1 word 12
ὑμῶνhumōnof you
Lemma: σύ (su) · Strong's: G4771
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 2nd · Genitive · Plural (P-2GP)
Meaning: you — σύ, ; pron. of 2nd of person(s), ; thou, you, genitive, σοῦ, dative, σοί, accusative, σέ, pl., ὑμεῖς, -ῶν, -ῖν, -ᾶς (enclitic in oblique cases sing., except after prep. (BL, §48, 3), though πρὸς σέ occurs in Mat.25:39).…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 3071 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4771; TFLSJ G4771; TAGNT James 4:1 word 13
τῶνtōnthose
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Genitive · Plural · Feminine (T-GPF)
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 4:1 word 14
στρατευομένωνstrateuomenōnwarring
Lemma: στρατεύω (strateuō) · Strong's: G4754
Parsing: Verb · Present · Middle · Participle · Genitive · Plural · Feminine (V-PMP-GPF)
Meaning: to battle — στρατεύω and depon., -ομαι, so always in NT ; (στρατός, an encamped army), [in LXX for מההּ hith., יָצָא, צָבָא; metaphorically, 4Ma.9:23 ; ] ; used of the general, to make war, do battle, and (chiefly) of the soldiers…
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Used 7 times. Also: Luke 3:14, 1 Corinthians 9:7, 2 Corinthians 10:3, 1 Timothy 1:18, 2 Timothy 2:4, 1 Peter 2:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4754; TFLSJ G4754; TAGNT James 4:1 word 15
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 4:1 word 16
τοῖςtoisthe
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Dative · Plural · Neuter (T-DPN)
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 4:1 word 17
μέλεσινmelesinmembers
Lemma: μέλος (melos) · Strong's: G3196
Parsing: Noun · Dative · Plural · Neuter (N-DPN)
Meaning: member — μέλος, -ους, τό ; [in LXX chiefly for נֵתַח ; ] ; a member, limb of the body: 1Co.12:14 12:19 12:26 Eph.4:16 (WH, mg.), Jas.3:5; pl. (as always in cl.), τὰ μ. : Mat.5:29-30, Rom.6:13, 19 7:5, 23 12:4, 1Co.12:12 ff,…
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Used 34 times. Also: Matthew 5:29, Matthew 5:30, Romans 6:13, Romans 6:19, Romans 7:5, Romans 7:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3196; TFLSJ G3196; TAGNT James 4:1 word 18
ὑμῶν;humōnof you?
Lemma: σύ (su) · Strong's: G4771
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 2nd · Genitive · Plural (P-2GP)
Meaning: you — σύ, ; pron. of 2nd of person(s), ; thou, you, genitive, σοῦ, dative, σοί, accusative, σέ, pl., ὑμεῖς, -ῶν, -ῖν, -ᾶς (enclitic in oblique cases sing., except after prep. (BL, §48, 3), though πρὸς σέ occurs in Mat.25:39).…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 3071 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4771; TFLSJ G4771; TAGNT James 4:1 word 19
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| What [causes] | → | πόθεν G4159 whence |
| conflicts | → | πόλεμος G4171 war |
| and | → | καί G2532 and |
| quarrels | → | μάχη G3163 quarrel |
| among | → | ἐν G1722 in/on/among |
| you | → | σύ G4771 you |
| Don’t [they] | → | οὐ G3756 no |
| [come] | → | ἐντεῦθεν, ἔνθεν G1782 from here |
| from | → | ἐκ G1537 out from |
| [the] | → | σύ G4771 you |
| passions | → | ἡδονή G2237 pleasure |
| at war | → | στρατεύω G4754 to battle |
| within | → | ἐν G1722 in/on/among |
| you | → | σύ G4771 you |
| . . . | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| . . . | → | μέλος G3196 member |
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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