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1 Corinthians 12:21

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← 1 Corinthians 12:20	1 Corinthians 12:21 (KJV)	1 Corinthians 12:22 →
But now [are they] many members, yet but one body.	And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.	Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And^G1161 the eye^G3788 cannot^{G3756 G1410} say^G2036 unto the hand^G5495, I have^G2192 no^G3756 need^G5532 of thee^G4675: nor^G2228 again^G3825 the head^G2776 to the feet^G4228, I have^G2192 no^G3756 need^G5532 of you^G5216.

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Original Greek

οὐ δύναται δὲ ὀφθαλμὸς εἰπεῖν τῇ χειρί, Χρείαν σου οὐκ ἔχω· ἢ πάλιν ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῖς ποσί, Χρείαν ὑμῶν οὐκ ἔχω·

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
οὐ	ou	G3756	PRT-N	cannot
δύναται	dunatai	G1410	V-PNI-3S
δὲ	de	G1161	CONJ	And
ὀφθαλμὸς	ophthalmos	G3788	N-NSM	the eye
εἰπεῖν	eipein	G2036	V-2AAN	say
τῇ	tē	G3588	T-DSF	*
χειρί,	cheiri	G5495	N-DSF	unto the hand
Χρείαν	Chreian	G5532	N-ASF	need
σου	sou	G4675	P-2GS	of thee
οὐκ	ouk	G3756	PRT-N	no
ἔχω·	echō	G2192	V-PAI-1S	I have
ἢ	ē	G2228	PRT	nor
πάλιν	palin	G3825	ADV	again
ἡ	hē	G3588	T-NSF	the
κεφαλὴ	kephalē	G2776	N-NSF	head
τοῖς	tois	G3588	T-DPM	*
ποσί,	posi	G4228	N-DPM	to the feet
Χρείαν	Chreian	G5532	N-ASF	need
ὑμῶν	humōn	G5216	P-2GP	of you
οὐκ	ouk	G3756	PRT-N	no
ἔχω·	echō	G2192	V-PAI-1S	I have

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G1161 — δέ (dé, deh): but, on the other hand, and — a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
• G1410 — δύναμαι (dýnamai, doo'-nam-ahee): I am powerful, am able — of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible:--be able, can (do, + -not), could, may, might, be possible, be of power.
• G2036 — ἔπω (épō, ep'-o): a primary verb (used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from ἐρέω, ῥέω, and φημί); to speak or say (by word or writing):--answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell. Compare λέγω.
• G2192 — ἔχω (échō, ekh'-o): I have, hold, possess — a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition):--be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.
• G2228 — ἤ (ḗ, ay): or, than — a primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than:--and, but (either), (n-)either, except it be, (n-)or (else), rather, save, than, that, what, yea. Often used in connection with other particles. Compare especially ἤδη, ἤπερ, ἤτοι.
• G2776 — κεφαλή (kephalḗ, kef-al-ay'): the head — from the primary (in the sense of seizing); the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively:--head.
• G3756 — οὐ (ou, oo): no, not — a primary word; the absolute negative (compare μή) adverb; no or not:--+ long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also οὐ μή, μῆκος.
• G3788 — ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós, of-thal-mos'): the eye — from ὀπτάνομαι; the eye (literally or figuratively); by implication, vision; figuratively, envy (from the jealous side-glance):--eye, sight.
• G3825 — πάλιν (pálin, pal'-in): again, further, on the other hand — probably from the same as πάλη (through the idea of oscillatory repetition); (adverbially) anew, i.e. (of place) back, (of time) once more, or (conjunctionally) furthermore or on the other hand:--again.
• G4228 — πούς (poús, pooce): the foot — a primary word; a "foot" (figuratively or literally):--foot(-stool).
• G4675 — σοῦ (soû, soo): genitive case of σύ; of thee, thy:--X home, thee, thine (own), thou, thy.
• G5216 — ὑμῶν (hymōn, hoo-mone'): genitive case of ὑμεῖς; of (from or concerning) you:--ye, you, your (own, -selves).
• G5495 — χείρ (cheír, khire): a hand — perhaps from the base of χειμών in the sense of its congener the base of χάσμα (through the idea of hollowness for grasping); the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by Hebraism) a means or instrument):--hand.
• G5532 — χρεία (chreía, khri'-ah): need, necessity, business — from the base of χράομαι or χρή; employment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution:--business, lack, necessary(-ity), need(-ful), use, want.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

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