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James 3:8

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For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:	But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.	Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But^G1161 the tongue^G1100 can^G1410 no^G3762 man^G444 tame^G1150; it is an unruly^G183 evil^G2556, full^G3324 of deadly^G2287 poison^G2447.

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Original Greek

τὴν δὲ γλῶσσαν οὐδεὶς δύναται ἀνθρώπων δαμάσαι· ἀκατάσχετον κακόν, μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
τὴν	tēn	G3588	T-ASF	the
δὲ	de	G1161	CONJ	But
γλῶσσαν	glōssan	G1100	N-ASF	tongue
οὐδεὶς	oudeis	G3762	A-NSM-N	no
δύναται	dunatai	G1410	V-PNI-3S	can
ἀνθρώπων	anthrōpōn	G444	N-GPM	man
δαμάσαι·	damasai	G1150	V-AAN	tame
ἀκατάσχετον	akatascheton	G183	A-NSN	an unruly
κακόν,	kakon	G2556	A-NSN	evil
μεστὴ	mestē	G3324	A-NSF	full
ἰοῦ	iou	G2447	N-GSM	poison
θανατηφόρου.	thanatēphorou	G2287	A-GSM	of deadly

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G183 — ἀκατάσχετος (akatáschetos, ak-at-as'-khet-os): unrestrainable, unruly, untamable — from Α (as a negative particle) and a derivative of κατέχω; unrestrainable:--unruly.
• G444 — ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, anth'-ro-pos): a man, one of the human race — from ἀνήρ and (the countenance; from ὀπτάνομαι); man-faced, i.e. a human being:--certain, man.
• G1100 — γλῶσσα (glōssa, gloce-sah'): the tongue, a language, nation — of uncertain affinity; the tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired):--tongue.
• G1150 — δαμάζω (damázō, dam-ad'-zo): I tame, subdue — a variation of an obsolete primary of the same meaning; to tame:--tame.
• 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.
• G2287 — θανατήφορος (thanatḗphoros, than-at-ay'-for-os): death-bringing, deadly — from (the feminine form of) θάνατος and φέρω; death-bearing, i.e. fatal:--deadly.
• G2447 — ἰός (iós, ee-os'): poison, rust — perhaps from (to go) or (to send); rust (as if emitted by metals); also venom (as emitted by serpents):--poison, rust.
• G2556 — κακός (kakós, kak-os'): bad, evil — apparently a primary word; worthless (intrinsically, such; whereas πονηρός properly refers to effects), i.e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious:--bad, evil, harm, ill, noisome, wicked.
• G3324 — μεστός (mestós, mes-tos'): full — of uncertain derivation; replete (literally or figuratively):--full.
• G3762 — οὐδείς (oudeís, oo-dice'): no one, none, nothing — from οὐδέ and εἷς; not even one (man, woman or thing), i.e. none, nobody, nothing:--any (man), aught, man, neither any (thing), never (man), no (man), none (+ of these things), not (any, at all, -thing), nought.

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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