James 5:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀσθενεῖ τις ἐν ὑμῖν; προσκαλεσάσθω τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τῆς ἐκκλησίας· καὶ προσευξάσθωσαν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν, ἀλείψαντες αὐτὸν ἐλαίῳ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Κυρίου:

Transliteration

Asthenei tis en you? proskalesasthō tous presbyterous tēs ekklēsias; and proseuxasthōsan ep' him, aleipsantes him elaiō en tō onomati tou Kyriou:

Grammar Details

• *Asthenei*: present active, 3rd singular - is sick/weak
• *tis*: indefinite pronoun, nominative - anyone
• *en*: preposition + dative - in
• you: dative, 2nd plural - you
• *proskalesasthō*: aorist middle imperative, 3rd singular - let him call for
• *tous presbyterous*: accusative, masculine, plural - the elders
• *tēs ekklēsias*: genitive, feminine, singular - of the church/assembly
• *proseuxasthōsan*: aorist middle imperative, 3rd plural - let them pray
• *ep'*: preposition + accusative - over
• him: accusative, masculine, singular - him
• *aleipsantes*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having anointed
• *elaiō*: dative, neuter, singular - with oil
• *tō onomati*: dative, neuter, singular - the name
• *tou Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of the Lord

Word Meanings

• *Asthenei*: is sick/weak/ill/infirm
• *proskalesasthō*: let him call for/summon
• *presbyterous*: elders (official church leaders, not simply older men)
• *ekklēsias*: church/assembly/congregation
• *proseuxasthōsan*: let them pray (formal prayer)
• *aleipsantes*: having anointed/rubbed with oil
• *elaiō*: with oil (olive oil used for medicinal and ceremonial purposes)
• *en tō onomati*: in the name/by the authority

Referenced Verses

• Mark 6:13 : 13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
• Mark 16:18 : 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
• Acts 9:40 : 40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
• 1 Kgs 17:21 : 21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.
• Acts 28:8 : 8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
• Titus 1:5 : 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
• 2 Kgs 4:33 : 33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.
• 2 Kgs 5:11 : 11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
• Acts 14:23 : 23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
• Acts 15:4 : 4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.