Greek Interlinear
Colossians 2:20 Interlinear
“if Wherefore ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world why as though living in of the world are ye subject to ordinances”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Εἰ | G1487 | if | if, whether, that, etc |
| 2 | οὖν | G3767 | Wherefore | (adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly |
| 3 | ἀπεθάνετε | G599 | ye be dead | to die off (literally or figuratively) |
| 4 | σὺν | G4862 | with | with or together (but much closer than g3326 or g3844), i.e., by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, additi |
| 5 | τῷ | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 6 | Χριστῷ | G5547 | Christ | anointed, i.e., the messiah, an epithet of jesus |
| 7 | ἀπὸ | G575 | from | "off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative) |
| 8 | τῶν | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 9 | στοιχείων | G4747 | the rudiments | something orderly in arrangement, i.e., (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively) |
| 10 | τοῦ | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 11 | κόσμῳ | G2889 | of the world | orderly arrangement, i.e., decoration; by implication, the world (including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)) |
| 12 | τί | G5101 | why | an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions) |
| 13 | ὡς | G5613 | as though | which how, i.e., in that manner (very variously used, as follows) |
| 14 | ζῶντες | G2198 | living | to live (literally or figuratively) |
| 15 | ἐν | G1722 | in | "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc |
| 16 | κόσμῳ | G2889 | of the world | orderly arrangement, i.e., decoration; by implication, the world (including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)) |
| 17 | δογματίζεσθε | G1379 | are ye subject to ordinances | to prescribe by statute, i.e., (reflexively) to submit to, ceremonially rule |
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