Greek Interlinear
Colossians 2:20 Interlinear
Word-by-word Greek interlinear analysis of Colossians 2:20, showing the original Greek text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“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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