1 Corinthians 8:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth ,(as there be gods many, and lords many,)

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ γὰρ εἴπερ εἰσὶν λεγόμενοι θεοὶ, εἴτε ἐν οὐρανῷ εἴτε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, (ὥσπερ εἰσὶν θεοὶ πολλοὶ, καὶ κύριοι πολλοί,)

Transliteration

And gar eiper there eisin legomenoi theoi, eite in ouranō eite upon the gēs, (hōsper there eisin theoi polloi, and kyrioi polloi,)

Grammar Details

*gar*: postpositive explanatory conjunction - for/indeed
*eiper*: concessive conditional particle - even if/although
*eisin*: present, 3rd plural - they are/exist
*legomenoi*: present, passive, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - being called/named
*theoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - gods
*eite*: disjunctive particle (repeated) - whether/either
*ouranō*: dative, masculine, singular - heaven/sky
*gēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - earth/land
*hōsper*: comparative conjunction - just as/even as
*polloi*: nominative, masculine, plural - many
*kyrioi*: nominative, masculine, plural - lords

Word Meanings

*eiper*: even if/if indeed/although
*legomenoi*: called/named/said to be
*ouranō*: heaven/sky/the celestial realm
*gēs*: earth/land/territory

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Thess 2:4 : 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Deut 10:17 : 17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
Jer 2:11 : 11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Jer 2:28 : 28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
Jer 11:13 : 13 For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.
Dan 5:4 : 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
John 10:34-35 : 34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? 35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
Gal 4:8 : 8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

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