- *estin*
- present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - is
- *kephalē*
- nominative, feminine, singular - head
- *sōmatos*
- genitive, neuter, singular - of body, possessive
- *ekklēsias*
- genitive, feminine, singular - of church/assembly, apposition
- *archē*
- nominative, feminine, singular - beginning/ruler
- *prōtotokos*
- nominative, masculine, singular - firstborn
- *nekrōn*
- genitive, masculine, plural - dead ones, source
- *genētai*
- aorist, middle, subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might become
- *prōteuōn*
- present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having first place