KJV: Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
YLT: and in like manner also Rahab the harlot -- was she not out of works declared righteous, having received the messengers, and by another way having sent forth?
Darby: But was not in like manner also Rahab the harlot justified on the principle of works, when she had received the messengers and put them forth by another way?
ASV: And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?
Ὁμοίως | Likewise |
Parse: Adverb Root: ὁμοίως Sense: likewise, equally, in the same way. |
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καὶ | also |
Parse: Conjunction Root: καί Sense: and, also, even, indeed, but. |
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Ῥαὰβ | Rahab |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: Ῥαάβ Sense: a harlot of Jericho. |
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πόρνη | prostitute |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: πόρνη Sense: a woman who sells her body for sexual uses. |
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ἔργων | works |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Neuter Plural Root: ἔργον Sense: business, employment, that which any one is occupied. |
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ἐδικαιώθη | was justified |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Singular Root: δικαιόω Sense: to render righteous or such he ought to be. |
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ὑποδεξαμένη | having received |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Middle, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: ὑποδέχομαι Sense: to receive as a guest. |
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ἀγγέλους | messengers |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Plural Root: ἄγγελος Sense: a messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from God. |
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ἑτέρᾳ | by another |
Parse: Adjective, Dative Feminine Singular Root: ἀλλοιόω Sense: the other, another, other. |
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ὁδῷ | way |
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular Root: ὁδός Sense: properly. |
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ἐκβαλοῦσα | having sent [them] forth |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: ἐκβάλλω Sense: to cast out, drive out, to send out. |
Greek Commentary for James 2:25
Her vicious life she left behind, but the name clung to her always. For our purposes the argument of James may seem stronger without the example of Rahab (Josh 2:1-21; Joshua 6:17; Joshua 6:22-25; Matthew 1:5; Hebrews 11:31). It is even said in Jewish Midrash that Rahab married Joshua and became an ancestor of Jeremiah and Ezekiel. [source]
First aorist middle participle of υποδεχομαι hupodechomai to welcome.The messengers (τους αγγελους tous aggelous). Original meaning of αγγελος aggelos (Matthew 11:10). In Hebrews 11:31 we have κατασκοπους kataskopous (spies, scouts).Sent out Second aorist active participle of εκβαλλω ekballō to hurl out.Another way (ετεραι οδωι heterāi hodōi). “By another way” (instrumental case), by a window instead of a door (Joshua 2:15.). [source]
Original meaning of αγγελος aggelos (Matthew 11:10). In Hebrews 11:31 we have κατασκοπους kataskopous (spies, scouts). [source]
Second aorist active participle of εκβαλλω ekballō to hurl out.Another way (ετεραι οδωι heterāi hodōi). “By another way” (instrumental case), by a window instead of a door (Joshua 2:15.). [source]
“By another way” (instrumental case), by a window instead of a door (Joshua 2:15.). [source]
Better, thrust them forth, implying haste and fear. Compare Mark 1:12; Luke 4:29; Acts 16:37. [source]
Also referred to in Hebrews 11:31, among the examples of faith. Dante places her in the third heaven:“Thou fain wouldst know who is within this lightThat here beside me thus is scintillating, Even as a sunbeam in the limpid water. -DIVIDER- -DIVIDER- Then know thou, that within there is at rest Rahab, and being to our order joined,-DIVIDER- With her in its supremest grade 'tis sealed. -DIVIDER- -DIVIDER- of Christ's Triumph was she taken up. -DIVIDER- -DIVIDER- Full meet it was to leave her in some heaven,-DIVIDER- Even as a palm of the high victory-DIVIDER- Which he acquired with one palm and the other,-DIVIDER- Because she favored the first glorious deed-DIVIDER- Of Joshua upon the Holy Land.”Paradise, ix., 112-125.Rahab became the wife of Salmon, and the ancestress of Boaz, Jesse's grandfather. Some have supposed that Salmon was one of the spies whose life she saved. At any rate, she became the mother of the line of David and of Christ, and is so recorded in Matthew's genealogy of our Lord, in which only four women are named. There is a peculiar significance in this selection of Rahab with Abraham as an example of faith, by James the Lord's brother. [source]
Than that by which they entered. Through the window. See Joshua 2:15. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for James 2:25
Aorist middle indicative of υποδεχομαι hupodechomai an old verb to welcome as a guest (in the N.T. only here and Luke 19:6; Acts 17:7; James 2:25). Martha is clearly the mistress of the home and is probably the elder sister. There is no evidence that she was the wife of Simon the leper (John 12:1.). It is curious that in an old cemetery at Bethany the names of Martha, Eleazar, and Simon have been found. [source]
Literally, as Rev., cast out. See on Matthew 10:34; see on Matthew 12:35; see on Mark 1:12; see on James 2:25. [source]
Present perfect middle indicative of υποδεχομαι hupodechomai to entertain, old verb, but in N.T. only in Luke 10:38; Luke 19:6; Acts 17:7; James 2:25. This is Jason‘s crime and he is the prisoner before the politarchs. [source]
The torment is thus personified. Messenger is the word commonly rendered angel in the New Testament, though sometimes used of human messengers, as Luke 7:24, Luke 7:27; Luke 9:52; James 2:25; see also on the angels of the churches, Revelation 1:20. Messenger and Satan are not to be taken in apposition - a messenger who was Satan - because Satan is never called ἄγγελος in the New Testament. Messenger is figurative, in the sense of agent. Satan is conceived in the New Testament as the originator of bodily evil. Thus, in the gospel narrative, demoniac possession is often accompanied with some form of disease. Compare Luke 13:16; Acts 10:38, and see on 1 Corinthians 5:5. [source]
See Joshua href="/desk/?q=jos+6:17&sr=1">Joshua 6:17, and comp. James 2:25. Rahab's occupation is stated without mincing, and the lodging of the spies at her house was probably not a matter of accident. Very amusing are the efforts of some earlier expositors to evade the fact of a harlot's faith, by rendering πόρνη landladyPerished not with ( οὐ συναπώλετο )N.T.oIn lxx see Numbers 16:26; Psalm 25:9; Psalm 27:3. [source]
Concessive participle of ειμι eimi The quantitative pronoun τηλικουτος tēlikoutos occurs in the N.T. only here, 2 Corinthians 1:10; Hebrews 2:3; Revelation 16:18. If James had only seen the modern mammoth ships. But the ship on which Paul went to Malta carried 276 persons (Acts 27:37).And are driven (και ελαυνομενα kai elaunomena). Present passive participle of ελαυνω elaunō old verb, in this sense (2 Peter 2:17) for rowing (Mark 6:48; John 6:19).Rough Old adjective (from σκελλω skellō to dry up), harsh, stiff, hard (Matthew 25:24).Are yet turned (μεταγεται metagetai). Present passive indicative of the same verb, μεταγω metagō in James 3:3. James is fond of repeating words (James 1:13.; James 2:14, James 2:16; James 2:21, James 2:25).By a very small rudder For the use of υπο hupo (under) with things see Luke 8:14; 2 Peter 2:7. There is possibly personification in the use of υπο hupo for agency in James 1:14; James 2:9; Colossians 2:18. Πηδαλιου Pēdaliou (from πηδον pēdon the blade of an oar) is an old word, in N.T. only here and Acts 27:40. Ελαχιστου Elachistou is the elative superlative as in 1 Corinthians 4:3 (from the Epic ελαχυς elachus for μικρος mikros).The impulse (η ορμη hē hormē). Old word for rapid, violent motion, here of the hand that worked the rudder, in N.T. only here and Acts 14:5 (rush or onset of the people).Of the steersman Present active genitive articular participle of ευτυνω euthunō old verb, to make straight (from ευτυς euthus straight, level, Mark 1:3), in N.T. only here and John 1:23. Used also of the shepherd, the charioteer, and today it would apply to the chauffeur. “The twin figure of the control of horse and of ship are frequently found together in later Greek writers” (Ropes). As in Plutarch and Philo.Willeth (βουλεται bouletai). Present middle indicative of βουλομαι boulomai common verb to will. Here intention of the steersman lies back of the impact of the hand on the rudder. [source]
Old adjective (from σκελλω skellō to dry up), harsh, stiff, hard (Matthew 25:24).Are yet turned (μεταγεται metagetai). Present passive indicative of the same verb, μεταγω metagō in James 3:3. James is fond of repeating words (James 1:13.; James 2:14, James 2:16; James 2:21, James 2:25).By a very small rudder For the use of υπο hupo (under) with things see Luke 8:14; 2 Peter 2:7. There is possibly personification in the use of υπο hupo for agency in James 1:14; James 2:9; Colossians 2:18. Πηδαλιου Pēdaliou (from πηδον pēdon the blade of an oar) is an old word, in N.T. only here and Acts 27:40. Ελαχιστου Elachistou is the elative superlative as in 1 Corinthians 4:3 (from the Epic ελαχυς elachus for μικρος mikros).The impulse (η ορμη hē hormē). Old word for rapid, violent motion, here of the hand that worked the rudder, in N.T. only here and Acts 14:5 (rush or onset of the people).Of the steersman Present active genitive articular participle of ευτυνω euthunō old verb, to make straight (from ευτυς euthus straight, level, Mark 1:3), in N.T. only here and John 1:23. Used also of the shepherd, the charioteer, and today it would apply to the chauffeur. “The twin figure of the control of horse and of ship are frequently found together in later Greek writers” (Ropes). As in Plutarch and Philo.Willeth (βουλεται bouletai). Present middle indicative of βουλομαι boulomai common verb to will. Here intention of the steersman lies back of the impact of the hand on the rudder. [source]
Present passive indicative of the same verb, μεταγω metagō in James 3:3. James is fond of repeating words (James 1:13.; James 2:14, James 2:16; James 2:21, James 2:25). [source]