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But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
νῦνnunNow
Lemma: νῦν (nun) · Strong's: G3568
Parsing: Adverb (ADV)
Meaning: now — νῦν, adv., ; [in LXX chiefly for עַתָּה ; ] ; 1. prop., of time, now, i.e. at the present time: as opposite to past, Jhn.4:18, Act.7:52, Rom.13:11, 2Co.7:9, Col.1:24, al.; opposite to fut., Jhn.12:27, Rom.11:31, al.;…
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Used 149 times. Also: Matthew 12:32, Matthew 24:21, Matthew 26:65, Matthew 27:42, Matthew 27:43, Mark 10:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3568; TFLSJ G3568; TAGNT James 4:16 word 1
δὲdehowever
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.,…
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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 James 4:16 word 2
καυχᾶσθεkauchastheyou boast
Lemma: καυχάομαι (kauchaomai) · Strong's: G2744
Parsing: Verb · Present · Middle or Passive Deponent · Indicative · 2nd · Plural (V-PNI-2P)
Meaning: to boast — καυχάομαι, -ῶμαι ; [in LXX for הָלַל hith., etc. ; ] ; to boast or glory (in LXX, of joyous exultation, and so in the NT quotations, infr.; cf. DB, ii, 790b; Hort on Jas.1:9): absol., 1Co.1:31 (LXX) 1Co.4:7 13:3,…
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Used 37 times. Also: Romans 2:17, Romans 2:23, Romans 5:2, Romans 5:3, Romans 5:11, 1 Corinthians 1:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2744; TFLSJ G2744; TAGNT James 4:16 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,…
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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 4:16 word 4
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.,…
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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 4:16 word 5
ἀλαζονείαιςalazoneiaisarrogance
Lemma: ἀλαζονεία (alazoneia) · Strong's: G0212
Parsing: Noun · Dative · Plural · Feminine (N-DPF)
Meaning: boasting — ἀλαζονία(Rec. -εία, the earlier form), -ας, ἡ ; (ἀλαζών), [in LXX: Wis.5:8 17:7, 2; 4Ma.5:1-38 * ; ] ; the character of an ἀλαζών, boastfulness, vainglory, vaunting: Jas.4:16 (Mayor, in l), 1Jn.2:16.†; (AS)
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Used 2 times. Also: 1 John 2:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0212; TFLSJ G0212; TAGNT James 4:16 word 6
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).…
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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 4:16 word 7
πᾶσαpasaAll
Lemma: πᾶς (pas) · Strong's: G3956
Parsing: Adjective · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (A-NSF)
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,…
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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 4:16 word 8
καύχησιςkauchēsisboasting
Lemma: καύχησις (kauchēsis) · Strong's: G2746
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (N-NSF)
Meaning: pride — καύχησις, -εως, ἡ; (καυχάομαι), [in LXX for תִּפְאָרָה (1Ch.29:13, Eze.16:12, al) ; ] ; a boasting, glorying: Rom.3:27, 2Co.11:10 11:17, Jas.4:16; before ὑπέρ, 2Co.7:4 8:24; ἐτί, with genitive, 2Co.7:14; ἔχω τὴν κ. ἐν…
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Used 12 times. Also: Romans 3:27, Romans 15:17, 1 Corinthians 15:31, 2 Corinthians 1:12, 2 Corinthians 7:4, 2 Corinthians 7:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2746; TFLSJ G2746; TAGNT James 4:16 word 9
τοιαύτηtoiautēsuch
Lemma: τοιοῦτος (toioutos) · Strong's: G5108
Parsing: Demonstrative pronoun · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (D-NSF)
Meaning: such as this — τοιοῦτος, -αύτη, -οῦτο; (as usually in Att.. prose. Ep. and Ion. neut. -οῦτον in Al., Act.21:25, Rec. only), ; correlat. of οἷος, ὁποῖος, ὥς, etc., ; such as this, of such a kind, such: Mat.9:8 18:5, Mrk.4:33 6:2 7:13…
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Used 60 times. Also: Matthew 9:8, Matthew 18:5, Matthew 19:14, Mark 4:33, Mark 6:2, Mark 7:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5108; TFLSJ G5108; TAGNT James 4:16 word 10
πονηράponēraevil
Lemma: πονηρός (ponēros) · Strong's: G4190
Parsing: Adjective · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (A-NSF)
Meaning: evil/bad — πονηρός, -ά, -όν; (πονέω, to toil), [in LXX chiefly for רַע ; ] ; 1. ; (a) of persons, oppressed by toils (Hes.); (b) of things, toilsome, painful (καιρός, Sir.51:12): Eph.5:16 6:13 Rev.16:2. ; 2. bad, worthless; (a) in…
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Used 79 times. Also: Matthew 5:11, Matthew 5:37, Matthew 5:39, Matthew 5:45, Matthew 6:13, Matthew 6:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4190; TFLSJ G4190; TAGNT James 4:16 word 11
ἐστιν.estinis.
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,…
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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 James 4:16 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| As it is | → | νῦν G3568 now |
| you boast | → | καυχάομαι G2744 to boast |
| in | → | ἐν G1722 in/on/among |
| your | → | σύ G4771 you |
| proud intentions | → | ἀλαζονεία G0212 boasting |
| All | → | πᾶς G3956 all |
| such | → | τοιοῦτος G5108 such as this |
| boasting | → | καύχησις G2746 pride |
| is | → | εἰμί G1510 to be |
| evil | → | πονηρός G4190 evil/bad |
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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