“For” | γὰρ | Properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles) | For |
“the” | ὁ | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
“word” | λόγος | Something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e., Christ) | word |
“of” | θεοῦ | A deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by Hebraism) | of |
“God” | θεοῦ | A deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by Hebraism) | God |
“is” | | (No Greek definition. English implied.) | |
“quick,” | Ζῶν | To live (literally or figuratively) | quick |
“and” | καὶ | And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words | and |
“powerful,” | ἐνεργὴς | Active, operative | powerful |
“and” | καὶ | And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words | and |
“sharper” | τομώτερος | More keen | sharper |
“than” | ὑπὲρ | "over", i.e., (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case superior to, more than | than |
“any” | πᾶσαν | All, any, every, the whole | any |
“twoedged” | δίστομον | Double-edged | twoedged |
“sword,” | μάχαιραν | A knife, i.e., dirk; figuratively, war, judicial punishment | sword |
“piercing” | διϊκνούμενος | To reach through, i.e., penetrate | piercing |
“even” | καὶ | And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words | even |
“to” | ἄχρι | (of time) until or (of place) up to | to |
“the dividing asunder” | μερισμοῦ | A separation or distribution | dividing asunder |
“of soul” | ψυχῆς | Breath, i.e., (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew H5315, H7307 and H2416) | soul |
“and” | καὶ | And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words | and |
“spirit,” | πνεύματος | A current of air, i.e., breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e., (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit | spirit |
“and” | τὲ | Both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532) | and |
“of the joints” | ἁρμῶν | An articulation (of the body) | joints |
“and” | καὶ | And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words | and |
“marrow,” | μυελῶν | The marrow | marrow |
“and” | καὶ | And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words | and |
“is” | | (No Greek definition. English implied.) | |
“a discerner” | κριτικὸς | Decisive ("critical"), i.e., discriminative | discerner |
“of the thoughts” | ἐνθυμήσεων | Deliberation | thoughts |
“and” | καὶ | And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words | and |
“intents” | ἐννοιῶν | Thoughtfulness, i.e., moral understanding | intents |
“of the heart.” | καρδίας· | The heart, i.e., (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle | heart |