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1 Corinthians 11:4

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.

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πᾶςpasEveryπᾶςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “Every”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.Everyἀνὴρanērmanἀνήρnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “man”, the subject formG435a male human being; a man, husband.manπροσευχόμενοςproseuchomenosprayingπροσεύχομαι (proseuchomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “praying”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4336I pray, pray for, offer prayer.prayingἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.orπροφητεύωνprophēteuōnprophesyingπροφητεύω (prophēteuō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “prophesying”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4395I foretell, prophesy; I set forth matter of divine teaching by special faculty.prophesyingκατὰkatacoveredκατάpreposition — “covered”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.coveredκεφαλῆςkephalēsheadκεφαλή (kephalē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “head”, the of-formG2776(a) the head, (b) met: a corner stone, uniting two walls; head, ruler, lord.headἔχωνechōnto haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.καταισχύνειkataischuneito dishonorκαταισχύνω (kataischunō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to dishonor”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2617I shame, disgrace, bring to shame, put to utter confusion, frustrate.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κεφαλὴνkephalēnheadκεφαλή (kephalē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “head”, the object formG2776(a) the head, (b) met: a corner stone, uniting two walls; head, ruler, lord.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Every man praying or prophesying, having the head covered, doth dishonour his head,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head.

Young’s Literal Translation

Every man praying or prophesying, having the head covered, doth dishonour his head,

World English Bible

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.

Darby Translation

Every man praying or prophesying, having [anything] on his head, puts his head to shame.

Douay-Rheims

Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered, disgraceth his head.

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