James 2:26
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
חוּץ
chûwts
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
אֵמוּן
ʼêmûwn
established, i.e. (figuratively) trusty; also (abstractly) trustworthiness
חוּץ
chûwts
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
Key Terms in This Verse
נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →אֵמוּן ʼêmûwn
established, i.e. (figuratively) trusty; also (abstractly) trustworthiness
Study H529 →רוּחַ rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...
Study H7307 →Cross References
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?
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