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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1ΕἰG1487ifif, whether, that, etc
2οὖνG3767Wherefore(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly
3ἀπεθάνετεG599ye be deadto die off (literally or figuratively)
4σὺνG4862withwith or together (but much closer than g3326 or g3844), i.e., by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, additi
5τῷG3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
6ΧριστῷG5547Christanointed, i.e., the messiah, an epithet of jesus
7ἀπὸG575from"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
8τῶνG3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
9στοιχείωνG4747the rudimentssomething orderly in arrangement, i.e., (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively)
10τοῦG3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
11κόσμῳG2889of the worldorderly arrangement, i.e., decoration; by implication, the world (including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally))
12τίG5101whyan interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
13ὡςG5613as thoughwhich how, i.e., in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
14ζῶντεςG2198livingto live (literally or figuratively)
15ἐνG1722in"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc
16κόσμῳG2889of the worldorderly arrangement, i.e., decoration; by implication, the world (including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally))
17δογματίζεσθεG1379are ye subject to ordinancesto prescribe by statute, i.e., (reflexively) to submit to, ceremonially rule

Verse Context

Colossians 2:19And not holding the Head from...
Colossians 2:20 (current)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
Colossians 2:21not (Touch not taste not handle...

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