James 5:17⥂
KJV:
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
BSB:
Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
Greek:
Ἠλίας ἄνθρωπος ἦν ὁμοιοπαθὴς ἡμῖν καὶ προσευχῇ προσηύξατο τοῦ μὴ βρέξαι· καὶ οὐκ ἔβρεξεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐνιαυτοὺς τρεῖς καὶ μῆνας ἕξ·
Topics:
BLESSING • ELIJAH • INTERCESSION • METEOROLOGY AND CELESTIAL PHENOMENA • PRAYER • RAIN
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Scripture Quoting Scripture
James 5:17 is...
alluding to: 1Kgs 17:1 ☩ 1Kgs 18:41
| Translation | Greek | Transliteration [morphology] | Texts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elijah | Ἠλίας 1 | Ēlias N-NSM-P | NKO |
| a man | ἄνθρωπος | anthrōpos N-NSM | NKO |
| was | ἦν | ēn V-IAI-3S | NKO |
| of like nature | ὁμοιοπαθὴς | homoiopathēs A-NSM | NKO |
| to us | ἡμῖν | hēmin P-1DP | NKO |
| and | καὶ | kai CONJ | NKO |
| with fervent prayer | προσευχῇ | proseuchēa N-DSF | NKO |
| he prayed [for it] | προσηύξατο | prosēuxato V-ADI-3S | NKO |
| <the> | τοῦ | tou T-GSN | NKO |
| not | μὴ | mē PRT-N | NKO |
| to rain; | βρέξαι· | brexai V-AAN | NKO |
| and | καὶ | kai CONJ | NKO |
| not | οὐκ | ouk PRT-N | NKO |
| it did rain | ἔβρεξεν | ebrexen V-AAI-3S | NKO |
| upon | ἐπὶ | epi PREP | NKO |
| the | τῆς | tēs T-GSF | NKO |
| earth | γῆς | gēs N-GSF | NKO |
| years | ἐνιαυτοὺς | eniautous N-APM | NKO |
| three | τρεῖς | treis A-APM | NKO |
| and | καὶ | kai CONJ | NKO |
| months | μῆνας | mēnas N-APM | NKO |
| six; | ἕξ· | hex A-NUI | NKO |
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WH spelled: Ἠλείας ↩