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1 Corinthians 11:7

For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “the” (ἡ) before woman here.

ἀνὴρanēra manἀνήρnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a man”, the subject formG435a male human being; a man, husband.This verse uses “a man”.a manμὲνmenindeedμένconjunction — “indeed”G3303an untranslatable particle, generally answered by "de", each of the two introducing a clause intended to be contrasted with the other.This verse uses “indeed”.indeedγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.οὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notὀφείλειopheileito oweὀφείλω (opheilō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to owe”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3784I owe, ought.This verse uses “owe”.κατακαλύπτεσθαιkatakaluptesthaito coverκατακαλύπτομαι (katakaluptomai)verb, present middle infinitive — “to cover”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2619I veil, cover the head.to coverτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κεφαλήνkephalēnhis headκεφαλή (kephalē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “his head”, the object formG2776(a) the head, (b) met: a corner stone, uniting two walls; head, ruler, lord.his headεἰκὼνeikōnimageεἰκώνnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “image”, the subject formG1504an image, likeness, bust.the imageκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andδόξαdoxagloryδόξαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “glory”, the subject formG1391honor, renown; glory, an especially divine quality, the unspoken manifestation of God, splendor.gloryθεοῦtheouof Godθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.of Godὑπάρχωνhuparchōnto beὑπάρχω (huparchō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5225I begin, am, exist, am in possession.ἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.γυνὴgunēwomanγυνήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “woman”, the subject formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.the womanδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.δόξαdoxagloryδόξαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “glory”, the subject formG1391honor, renown; glory, an especially divine quality, the unspoken manifestation of God, splendor.the gloryἀνδρόςandrosof the manἀνήρ (anēr)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the man”, the of-formG435a male human being; a man, husband.of the manἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,

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American Standard Version (1901)

For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

Young’s Literal Translation

for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,

World English Bible

For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.

Darby Translation

For man indeed ought not to have his head covered, being God's image and glory; but woman is man's glory.

Douay-Rheims

The man indeed ought not to cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.

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