Verse 2

{ "verseID": "James.5.2", "source": "Ὁ πλοῦτος ὑμῶν σέσηπεν, καὶ τὰ ἱμάτια ὑμῶν σητόβρωτα γέγονεν.", "text": "The *ploutos* of you *sesēpen*, and the *himatia* of you *sētobrōta gegonen*.", "grammar": { "*ploutos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - wealth/riches", "*sesēpen*": "perfect active, 3rd singular - has rotted/decayed", "*himatia*": "nominative, neuter, plural - garments/clothes", "*sētobrōta*": "nominative, neuter, plural - moth-eaten", "*gegonen*": "perfect active, 3rd singular - have become" }, "variants": { "*ploutos*": "wealth/riches/abundance", "*sesēpen*": "has rotted/decayed/putrefied (perfect tense indicating completed action with present results)", "*himatia*": "garments/clothes/robes (often outer garments)", "*sētobrōta*": "moth-eaten/consumed by moths" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 6:19-20 : 19 { "verseID": "Matthew.6.19", "source": "Μὴ θησαυρίζετε ὑμῖν θησαυροὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅπου σὴς καὶ βρῶσις ἀφανίζει, καὶ ὅπου κλέπται διορύσσουσιν καὶ κλέπτουσιν:", "text": "*Mē thēsaurizete* to you *thēsaurous* upon the *gēs*, where *sēs* and *brōsis aphanizei*, and where *kleptai dioryssousin* and *kleptousin*:", "grammar": { "*Mē thēsaurizete*": "negative particle + present active imperative, 2nd plural - do not store up", "*thēsaurous*": "accusative, masculine, plural - treasures", "*gēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - earth/land", "*sēs*": "nominative, masculine, singular - moth", "*brōsis*": "nominative, feminine, singular - rust/eating/corrosion", "*aphanizei*": "present active indicative, 3rd singular - destroys/consumes", "*kleptai*": "nominative, masculine, plural - thieves", "*dioryssousin*": "present active indicative, 3rd plural - break through/dig through", "*kleptousin*": "present active indicative, 3rd plural - steal" }, "variants": { "*thēsaurizete*": "store up/lay up/accumulate", "*thēsaurous*": "treasures/wealth/stored valuables", "*gēs*": "earth/land/ground/soil", "*sēs*": "moth/cloth-eating insect", "*brōsis*": "rust/eating/corrosion/consumption", "*aphanizei*": "destroys/consumes/ruins", "*kleptai*": "thieves/robbers", "*dioryssousin*": "break through/dig through/burgle", "*kleptousin*": "steal/take secretly/pilfer" } } 20 { "verseID": "Matthew.6.20", "source": "Θησαυρίζετε δὲ ὑμῖν θησαυροὺς ἐν οὐρανῷ, ὅπου οὔτε σὴς οὔτε βρῶσις ἀφανίζει, καὶ ὅπου κλέπται οὐ διορύσσουσιν οὐδὲ κλέπτουσιν:", "text": "*Thēsaurizete de* to you *thēsaurous* in *ouranō*, where *oute sēs oute brōsis aphanizei*, and where *kleptai ou dioryssousin oude kleptousin*:", "grammar": { "*Thēsaurizete de*": "present active imperative, 2nd plural + contrastive particle - but store up", "*thēsaurous*": "accusative, masculine, plural - treasures", "*ouranō*": "dative, masculine, singular - heaven", "*oute sēs oute*": "negative correlative conjunction + nominative, masculine, singular + negative correlative conjunction - neither moth nor", "*brōsis*": "nominative, feminine, singular - rust/eating/corrosion", "*aphanizei*": "present active indicative, 3rd singular - destroys/consumes", "*kleptai*": "nominative, masculine, plural - thieves", "*ou dioryssousin*": "negative particle + present active indicative, 3rd plural - do not break through", "*oude kleptousin*": "negative conjunction + present active indicative, 3rd plural - nor steal" }, "variants": { "*Thēsaurizete*": "store up/lay up/accumulate", "*thēsaurous*": "treasures/wealth/stored valuables", "*ouranō*": "heaven/sky/celestial realm", "*sēs*": "moth/cloth-eating insect", "*brōsis*": "rust/eating/corrosion/consumption", "*aphanizei*": "destroys/consumes/ruins", "*kleptai*": "thieves/robbers", "*dioryssousin*": "break through/dig through/burgle", "*kleptousin*": "steal/take secretly/pilfer" } }
  • Job 13:28 : 28 { "verseID": "Job.13.28", "source": "וְ֭הוּא כְּרָקָ֣ב יִבְלֶ֑ה כְּ֝בֶ֗גֶד אֲכָ֣לוֹ עָֽשׁ׃", "text": "*wehûʾ* *kerāqāb* *yibleh* *kebeged* *ʾăkālô* *ʿāš*", "grammar": { "*wehûʾ*": "conjunction + pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - and he", "*kerāqāb*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - like rot/decay", "*yibleh*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he wastes away", "*kebeged*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - like a garment", "*ʾăkālô*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - it has eaten it", "*ʿāš*": "noun, masculine singular - moth" }, "variants": { "*rāqāb*": "rot/decay/rottenness", "*yibleh*": "wastes away/decays/wears out", "*ʾăkālô*": "has eaten it/has consumed it" } }
  • Isa 50:9 : 9 { "verseID": "Isaiah.50.9", "source": "הֵ֣ן אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ יַֽעֲזָר־לִ֔י מִי־ה֖וּא יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי הֵ֤ן כֻּלָּם֙ כַּבֶּ֣גֶד יִבְל֔וּ עָ֖שׁ יֹאכְלֵֽם׃", "text": "*hēn* *ʾăḏōnāy* *YHWH* *yaʿăzār*-to me, who [is] he *yaršîʿēnî*? *hēn* all of them like the *beḡeḏ* *yiḇlû*, *ʿāš* *yōḵlēm*.", "grammar": { "*hēn*": "demonstrative particle - behold/indeed", "*ʾăḏōnāy*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person suffix - my Lord", "*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD", "*yaʿăzār*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he helps", "*yaršîʿēnî*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person suffix - he condemns me", "*beḡeḏ*": "noun, masculine singular - garment/cloth", "*yiḇlû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they wear out", "*ʿāš*": "noun, masculine singular - moth", "*yōḵlēm*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - it will eat them" }, "variants": { "*hēn*": "behold/indeed/look", "*ʾăḏōnāy*": "my Lord/Sovereign/Master", "*yaʿăzār*": "he helps/he assists/he supports", "*yaršîʿēnî*": "he condemns me/he declares me guilty/he proves me wrong", "*beḡeḏ*": "garment/cloth/clothing", "*yiḇlû*": "they wear out/they decay/they become old", "*ʿāš*": "moth/clothes-moth", "*yōḵlēm*": "it will eat them/it will devour them/it will consume them" } }
  • Isa 51:8 : 8 { "verseID": "Isaiah.51.8", "source": "כִּ֤י כַבֶּ֙גֶד֙ יֹאכְלֵ֣ם עָ֔שׁ וְכַצֶּ֖מֶר יֹאכְלֵ֣ם סָ֑ס וְצִדְקָתִי֙ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה וִישׁוּעָתִ֖י לְד֥וֹר דּוֹרִֽים", "text": "*kî kabbeged yō'kəlēm 'āš wəkaṣṣemer yō'kəlēm sās wəṣidqātî lə'ôlām tihyê wîšû'ātî lədôr dôrîm*", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*kabbeged*": "preposition + definite article + common noun, masculine singular - like the garment", "*yō'kəlēm*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - it will eat/consume them", "*'āš*": "common noun, masculine singular - moth", "*wəkaṣṣemer*": "conjunction + preposition + definite article + common noun, masculine singular - and like the wool", "*yō'kəlēm*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - it will eat/consume them", "*sās*": "common noun, masculine singular - moth/worm", "*wəṣidqātî*": "conjunction + common noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and my righteousness", "*lə'ôlām*": "preposition + common noun, masculine singular - forever", "*tihyê*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - will be", "*wîšû'ātî*": "conjunction + common noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and my salvation", "*lədôr*": "preposition + common noun, masculine singular construct - to generation of", "*dôrîm*": "common noun, masculine plural - generations" }, "variants": { "*'āš*": "moth/clothes-moth", "*sās*": "moth/worm/insect that eats fabric", "*dôr dôrîm*": "generation of generations/all generations/forever" } }
  • Jer 17:11 : 11 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.17.11", "source": "קֹרֵ֤א דָגַר֙ וְלֹ֣א יָלָ֔ד עֹ֥שֶׂה עֹ֖שֶׁר וְלֹ֣א בְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט בַּחֲצִ֤י *ימו **יָמָיו֙ יַעַזְבֶ֔נּוּ וּבְאַחֲרִית֖וֹ יִהְיֶ֥ה נָבָֽל׃", "text": "*qōrēʾ* *dāgar* and-not *yālād* *ʿōśeh* *ʿōšer* and-not in-*mišpāṭ* in-half *yāmāyw* *yaʿazbennû* and-in-*ʾaḥărîtô* *yihyeh* *nābāl*", "grammar": { "*qōrēʾ*": "qal participle masculine singular - calling/gathering", "*dāgar*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - hatches", "*yālād*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he bore/begot", "*ʿōśeh*": "qal participle masculine singular - making/acquiring", "*ʿōšer*": "masculine singular noun - wealth/riches", "*mišpāṭ*": "masculine singular noun - justice/judgment", "*yāmāyw*": "masculine plural noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his days", "*yaʿazbennû*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - it will leave him", "*ʾaḥărîtô*": "feminine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his end", "*yihyeh*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will be", "*nābāl*": "masculine singular adjective - foolish/senseless" }, "variants": { "*qōrēʾ*": "partridge/caller/one who calls", "*dāgar*": "hatches/gathers/sits on", "*ʿōśeh*": "acquires/makes/gathers", "*mišpāṭ*": "justice/judgment/right/righteousness", "*nābāl*": "fool/senseless/despicable" } }
  • Hos 5:12 : 12 { "verseID": "Hosea.5.12", "source": "וַאֲנִ֥י כָעָ֖שׁ לְאֶפְרָ֑יִם וְכָרָקָ֖ב לְבֵ֥ית יְהוּדָֽה׃", "text": "*Wa*-*ʾănî* like-the-*ʿāš* to-*ʾEp̄rayim*, *wə*-like-the-*rāqāḇ* to-house of-*Yəhûḏâ*.", "grammar": { "*wa*": "conjunction - and", "*ʾănî*": "personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I", "*ʿāš*": "noun, masculine singular - moth", "*ʾEp̄rayim*": "proper noun - Ephraim", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*rāqāḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - rottenness/decay", "*Yəhûḏâ*": "proper noun - Judah" }, "variants": { "*ʿāš*": "moth/clothes moth/consuming insect", "*rāqāḇ*": "rottenness/decay/dry rot" } }
  • Luke 12:33 : 33 { "verseID": "Luke.12.33", "source": "Πωλήσατε τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ὑμῶν, καὶ δότε ἐλεημοσύνην· ποιήσατε ἑαυτοῖς βαλάντια μὴ παλαιούμενα, θησαυρὸν ἀνέκλειπτον ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ὅπου κλέπτης οὐκ ἐγγίζει, οὐδὲ σὴς διαφθείρει.", "text": "*Pōlēsate* the *hyparchonta* of you, and *dote* *eleēmosynēn*; *poiēsate* for yourselves *balantia* *mē* *palaioumena*, *thēsauron* *anekleipton* in the *ouranois*, where *kleptēs* not *engizei*, *oude* *sēs* *diaphtheirei*.", "grammar": { "*Pōlēsate*": "aorist imperative active, 2nd person plural - sell", "*hyparchonta*": "present participle active, accusative, neuter, plural - possessions/belongings", "*dote*": "aorist imperative active, 2nd person plural - give", "*eleēmosynēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - alms/charitable giving", "*poiēsate*": "aorist imperative active, 2nd person plural - make/produce", "*balantia*": "accusative, neuter, plural - purses/money bags", "*mē*": "negative particle - not", "*palaioumena*": "present participle passive, accusative, neuter, plural - growing old/wearing out", "*thēsauron*": "accusative, masculine, singular - treasure", "*anekleipton*": "accusative, masculine, singular - unfailing/inexhaustible", "*ouranois*": "dative, masculine, plural - heavens", "*kleptēs*": "nominative, masculine, singular - thief", "*engizei*": "present indicative active, 3rd person singular - approaches/draws near", "*oude*": "negative conjunction - nor/neither", "*sēs*": "nominative, masculine, singular - moth", "*diaphtheirei*": "present indicative active, 3rd person singular - destroys/corrupts" }, "variants": { "*Pōlēsate*": "sell/dispose of", "*hyparchonta*": "possessions/belongings/property", "*dote*": "give/donate/provide", "*eleēmosynēn*": "alms/charity/act of mercy", "*poiēsate*": "make/produce/prepare", "*balantia*": "purses/money bags/wallets", "*palaioumena*": "growing old/wearing out/becoming obsolete", "*thēsauron*": "treasure/storehouse of valuables", "*anekleipton*": "unfailing/inexhaustible/never diminishing", "*ouranois*": "heavens/sky", "*kleptēs*": "thief/robber", "*engizei*": "approaches/comes near/draws near", "*sēs*": "moth/clothes moth", "*diaphtheirei*": "destroys/corrupts/ruins" } }
  • Jas 2:2 : 2 { "verseID": "James.2.2", "source": "Ἐὰν γὰρ εἰσέλθῃ εἰς τήν συναγωγὴν ὑμῶν ἀνὴρ χρυσοδακτύλιος, ἐν ἐσθῆτι λαμπρᾷ, εἰσέλθῃ δὲ καὶ πτωχὸς ἐν ῥυπαρᾷ ἐσθῆτι·", "text": "If *gar* *eiselthē* into the *synagōgēn* your *anēr chrysodaktylios*, in *esthēti lampra*, *eiselthē* *de* also *ptōchos* in *rhypara esthēti*;", "grammar": { "Ἐὰν": "conditional particle - if", "*gar*": "postpositive conjunction - for/because", "*eiselthē*": "aorist, active, subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might enter/come in", "εἰς": "preposition + accusative - into/to", "τήν *synagōgēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - the assembly/synagogue", "ὑμῶν": "genitive, second person, plural - your/of you", "*anēr chrysodaktylios*": "nominative, masculine, singular - man with gold rings", "ἐν": "preposition + dative - in", "*esthēti lampra*": "dative, feminine, singular - fine/splendid clothing", "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and", "καὶ": "conjunction - also/even", "*ptōchos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - poor man", "*rhypara esthēti*": "dative, feminine, singular - dirty/filthy clothing" }, "variants": { "*synagōgēn*": "assembly/gathering/meeting place/synagogue", "*anēr chrysodaktylios*": "man with gold rings/wealthy man/man adorned with gold", "*esthēti lampra*": "splendid clothing/fine garment/bright apparel", "*ptōchos*": "poor person/beggar/destitute individual", "*rhypara esthēti*": "dirty clothing/filthy garment/shabby clothes" } }
  • 1 Pet 1:4 : 4 { "verseID": "1 Peter.1.4", "source": "Εἰς κληρονομίαν ἄφθαρτον, καὶ ἀμίαντον, καὶ ἀμάραντον, τετηρημένην ἐν οὐρανοῖς εἰς ὑμᾶς,", "text": "Into *klēronomian* *aphtharton*, and *amianton*, and *amaranton*, having been *tetērēmenēn* in *ouranois* for you,", "grammar": { "*klēronomian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - direct object/goal", "*aphtharton*": "accusative, feminine, singular - attributive adjective", "*amianton*": "accusative, feminine, singular - attributive adjective", "*amaranton*": "accusative, feminine, singular - attributive adjective", "*tetērēmenēn*": "perfect, passive, participle, accusative, feminine, singular - resultative state", "*ouranois*": "dative, masculine, plural - location" }, "variants": { "*klēronomian*": "inheritance/possession/property", "*aphtharton*": "imperishable/incorruptible/undecaying", "*amianton*": "undefiled/unstained/pure", "*amaranton*": "unfading/permanent/enduring", "*tetērēmenēn*": "having been kept/guarded/preserved", "*ouranois*": "heavens/skies" } }
  • Ps 39:11 : 11 { "verseID": "Psalms.39.11", "source": "הָסֵ֣ר מֵעָלַ֣י נִגְעֶ֑ךָ מִתִּגְרַ֥ת יָ֝דְךָ֗ אֲנִ֣י כָלִֽיתִי׃", "text": "*hāsēr* from-upon-me *nigʿekā* from-*tigrāt* *yādəkā* *ʾănî* *kālîtî*", "grammar": { "*hāsēr*": "verb, hiphil imperative masculine singular - remove", "*nigʿekā*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix and prefixed 'mē'+'al' with 1st person singular suffix - your stroke from upon me", "*tigrāt*": "noun, feminine singular construct with prefixed preposition 'min' - from the blow of", "*yādəkā*": "noun, feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your hand", "*ʾănî*": "pronoun, 1st person singular - I", "*kālîtî*": "verb, qal perfect 1st person singular - I am consumed/perish" }, "variants": { "*hāsēr*": "remove/take away/turn aside", "*nigʿekā*": "your stroke/plague/affliction", "*tigrāt*": "blow/attack/contention", "*kālîtî*": "I am consumed/perish/come to an end" } }