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Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
ὑποτάγητεhupotagētedo be subjected
Lemma: ὑποτάσσω (hupotassō) · Strong's: G5293
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Passive · Imperative · 2nd · Plural (V-2APM-2P)
Meaning: to subject — ὑπο-τάσσω ; [in LXX for דָבַר hi., דָּמַם, שׂוּם, שִׁית, etc. ; ] ; 1. as a military term, to place or rank under (Polyb.). ; 2. to subject, put in subjection: 1Co.15:27, Php.3:21, Heb.2:5, 8; pass., Rom.8:20,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 40 times. Also: Luke 2:51, Luke 10:17, Luke 10:20, Romans 8:7, Romans 8:20, Romans 10:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5293; TFLSJ G5293; TAGNT James 4:7 word 1
οὖνountherefore
Lemma: οὖν (oun) · Strong's: G3767
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: therefore/then — οὖν, ; particle ; expressing consequence or simple sequence (never standing first in a sentence), wherefore, therefore, then: Mat.3:10, Luk.3:9, Jhn.8:38, Act.1:21, Rom.5:9, al.; in exhortations, Mat.3:8, Luk.11:35,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 535 times. Also: Matthew 1:17, Matthew 3:8, Matthew 3:10, Matthew 5:19, Matthew 5:23, Matthew 5:48 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3767; TFLSJ G3767; TAGNT James 4:7 word 2
τῷtō<the>
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Dative · Singular · Masculine (T-DSM)
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 4:7 word 3
θεῷ.theōto God.
Lemma: θεός (theos) · Strong's: G2316
Parsing: Noun · Dative · Singular · Masculine · Title (N-DSM-T)
Meaning: God — θεός, -οῦ, ὁ, ἡ (Act.19:37 only; see M, Pr., 60, 244), late voc., θεέ (Mat.27:46; cf. Deu.3:24, al.), ; [in LXX chiefly for אֱלֹהִים, also for אֵל and other cognate forms, יהוה, etc. ; ] ; a god or deity, God. ; 1. In…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 1338 times. Also: Matthew 1:23, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:16, Matthew 4:3, Matthew 4:4, Matthew 4:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2316; TFLSJ G2316; TAGNT James 4:7 word 4
ἀντίστητεantistētedo resist
Lemma: ἀνθίστημι (anthistēmi) · Strong's: G0436
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Imperative · 2nd · Plural (V-2AAM-2P)
Meaning: to oppose — ἀνθ-ίοτημι; (ἀντί, ἵστημι), [in LXX for עָמַד, יָצַב, etc. ; ] ; 1. in pres., impf., fut. and 1 aor. act., causal, to set against. ; 2. In mid, and pass., also pf. and 2 aor. act., to withstand, resist, oppose: with…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 14 times. Also: Matthew 5:39, Luke 21:15, Acts 6:10, Acts 13:8, Romans 9:19, Romans 13:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0436; TFLSJ G0436; TAGNT James 4:7 word 5
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.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, 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 James 4:7 word 6
τῷtōthe
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Dative · Singular · Masculine (T-DSM)
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 4:7 word 7
διαβόλῳdiabolōdevil
Lemma: διάβολος (diabolos) · Strong's: G1228
Parsing: Adjective · Dative · Singular · Masculine (A-DSM)
Meaning: devilish/the Devil — διάβολος, -ον; (διαβάλλω, which see) [in LXX for שָׂטָן (as Job.1:6), exc. Est.7:4 8:1 (צַר, צָרַר) ; ] ; slanderous, accusing falsely. As subst., ὁ, ἡ, δ.; (a) generally (of. Es, ll. with), a slanderer, false accuser:…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 38 times. Also: Matthew 4:1, Matthew 4:5, Matthew 4:8, Matthew 4:11, Matthew 13:39, Matthew 25:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1228; TFLSJ G1228; TAGNT James 4:7 word 8
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,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
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 4:7 word 9
φεύξεταιpheuxetaihe will flee
Lemma: φεύγω (pheugō) · Strong's: G5343
Parsing: Verb · Future · Middle Deponent · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-FDI-3S)
Meaning: to flee — φεύγω ; [in LXX chiefly for נוּס, also for בָּרַח, etc. ; ] ; to flee from or away, take flight: absol., Mat.8:33 26:56, Mrk.5:14 14:50, Luk.8:34, Jhn.10:12, Act.7:29; before εἰς, Mat.2:13 10:23 24:16 (WH, txt.),…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 30 times. Also: Matthew 2:13, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 8:33, Matthew 10:23, Matthew 23:33, Matthew 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5343; TFLSJ G5343; TAGNT James 4:7 word 10
ἀφ᾽aph᾽from
Lemma: ἀπό (apo) · Strong's: G0575
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: away from — ἀπό (on the frequently neglect of elision bef. vowels, see Tdf., Pr., 94, WH, App., 146), ; prep. with genitive (WM, 462ff.; on its relation to ἐκ, παρά, ὑπό, ib. 456f.), [in LXX for לְ ,בְּ ,מִן ; ] ; from (i.e. from…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 677 times. Also: Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:21, Matthew 1:24, Matthew 2:1, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0575; TFLSJ G0575; TAGNT James 4:7 word 11
ὑμῶν,humōnyou,
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 4:7 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Submit yourselves | → | ὑποτάσσω G5293 to subject |
| then | → | οὖν G3767 therefore/then |
| to God | → | θεός G2316 God |
| Resist | → | ἀνθίστημι G0436 to oppose |
| the | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| devil | → | διάβολος G1228 devilish/the Devil |
| and | → | καί G2532 and |
| he will flee | → | φεύγω G5343 to flee |
| from | → | ἀπό G0575 away from |
| you | → | σύ G4771 you |
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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