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James 4:2

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From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members?	Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.	Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Ye lust^G1937, and^G2532 have^G2192 not^G3756: ye kill^G5407, and^G2532 desire to have^G2206, and^G2532 cannot^{G3756 G1410} obtain^G2013: ye fight^G3164 and^G2532 war^G4170, yet^G1161 ye have^G2192 not^G3756, because^G1223 ye^G5209 ask^G154 not^G3361.

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Original Greek

ἐπιθυμεῖτε, καὶ οὐκ ἔχετε· φονεύετε καὶ ζηλοῦτε, καὶ οὐ δύνασθε ἐπιτυχεῖν· μάχεσθε καὶ πολεμεῖτε, οὐκ ἔχετε δὲ, διὰ τὸ μὴ αἰτεῖσθαι ὑμᾶς·

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
ἐπιθυμεῖτε,	epithumeite	G1937	V-PAI-2P	Ye lust
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ	and
οὐκ	ouk	G3756	PRT-N	not
ἔχετε·	echete	G2192	V-PAI-2P	have
φονεύετε	phoneuete	G5407	V-PAI-2P	ye kill
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ	and
ζηλοῦτε,	zēloute	G2206	V-PAI-2P	desire to have
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ	and
οὐ	ou	G3756	PRT-N	cannot
δύνασθε	dunasthe	G1410	V-PNI-2P
ἐπιτυχεῖν·	epituchein	G2013	V-2AAN	obtain
μάχεσθε	machesthe	G3164	V-PNI-2P	ye fight
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ	and
πολεμεῖτε,	polemeite	G4170	V-PAI-2P	war
οὐκ	ouk	G3756	PRT-N	not
ἔχετε	echete	G2192	V-PAI-2P	ye have
δὲ,	de	G1161	CONJ	yet
διὰ	dia	G1223	PREP	because
τὸ	to	G3588	T-ASN	*
μὴ	mē	G3361	PRT-N	not
αἰτεῖσθαι	aiteisthai	G154	V-PMN	ask
ὑμᾶς·	humas	G5209	P-2AP	ye

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G154 — αἰτέω (aitéō, ahee-teh'-o): I ask, request, beg, petition — of uncertain derivation; to ask (in genitive case):--ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require. Compare πυνθάνομαι.
• 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).
• G1223 — διά (diá, dee-ah'): through, on account of — a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional):--after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) … fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.
• 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.
• G1937 — ἐπιθυμέω (epithyméō, ep-ee-thoo-meh'-o): I long for, covet, lust after — from ἐπί and θυμός; to set the heart upon, i.e. long for (rightfully or otherwise):--covet, desire, would fain, lust (after).
• G2013 — ἐπιτυγχάνω (epitynchánō, ep-ee-toong-khan'-o): I attain, obtain, acquire — from ἐπί and τυγχάνω; to chance upon, i.e. (by implication) to attain:--obtain.
• 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.
• G2206 — ζηλόω (zēlóō, dzay-lo'-o): I am jealous, eager for — from ζῆλος; to have warmth of feeling for or against:--affect, covet (earnestly), (have) desire, (move with) envy, be jealous over, (be) zealous(-ly affect).
• G2532 — καί (kaí, kahee): and, even, also, namely — apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
• G3164 — μάχομαι (máchomai, makh'-om-ahee): I engage in battle, fight, strive — middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to war, i.e. (figuratively) to quarrel, dispute:--fight, strive.
• G3361 — μή (mḗ, may): not, lest — a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas οὐ expresses an absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas οὐ expects an affirmative one)) whether:--any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also ἐὰν μή, ἵνα μή, οὐ μή, μῆκος, μηκύνω, μήν, μὴ οὐκ.
• 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.
• G4170 — πολεμέω (poleméō, pol-em-eh'-o): I make war, contend — from πόλεμος; to be (engaged) in warfare, i.e. to battle (literally or figuratively):--fight, (make) war.
• G5209 — ὑμᾶς (hymâs, hoo-mas'): accusative case of ὑμεῖς; you (as the objective of a verb or preposition):--ye, you (+ -ward), your (+ own).
• G5407 — φονεύω (phoneúō, fon-yoo'-o): I murder — from φονεύς; to be a murderer (of):--kill, do murder, slay.

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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