Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
ὁhoWhoὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “Who”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.Whoμόνοςmonosonlyμόνοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “only”, the subject formG3441only, solitary, desolate.This verse uses “only”.onlyἔχωνechōnhathἔχω (echō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “hath”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.hathἀθανασίανathanasianimmortalityἀθανασία (athanasia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “immortality”, the object formG110immortality, imperishability, freedom from death.immortalityφῶςphōsin the lightφῶςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “in the light”, the object formG5457light, a source of light, radiance.This verse uses “light”.in the lightοἰκῶνoikōnto dwellοἰκέω (oikeō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to dwell”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3611I inhabit, dwell, indwell.This verse uses “dwell”.ἀπρόσιτονaprositoncan approach untoἀπρόσιτος (aprositos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “can approach unto”, the object formG676unapproachable.can approach untoὃνhonwhomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “whom”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.whomεἶδενeidenseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).hath seenοὐδεὶςoudeisnoneοὐδείςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “none”, the subject formG3762no one, none, nothing.This verse uses “none”.ἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōna humanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “a human”, the of-formG444a man, one of the human race.οὐδὲoudenorοὐδέconjunction — “nor”G3761neither, nor, not even, and not.This verse uses “nor”.norἰδεῖνideinto seeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).seeδύναταιdunataibe ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “be able”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.ᾧhōto whomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “to whom”, the to- or for-formG3739who, which, what, that.to whomτιμὴtimēbe honourτιμήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “be honour”, the subject formG5092a price, honor.be honourκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andκράτοςkratospowerκράτοςnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “power”, the subject formG2904dominion, strength, power; a mighty deed.This verse uses “power”.powerαἰώνιονaiōnioneverlastingαἰώνιος (aiōnios)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “everlasting”, the subject formG166age-long, and therefore: practically eternal, unending; partaking of the character of that which lasts for an age, as contrasted with that which is brief and fleeting.everlastingἀμήνamēnAmenἀμήνparticle — “Amen”G281verily, truly, amen; at the end of sentences may be paraphrased by: So let it be.This verse uses “amen”.Amen
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
who only is having immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no one of men did see, nor is able to see, to whom [is] honour and might age-during! Amen.
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American Standard Version (1901)
who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power eternal. Amen.
Young’s Literal Translation
who only is having immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no one of men did see, nor is able to see, to whom [is] honour and might age-during! Amen.
World English Bible
He alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen nor can see, to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.
Darby Translation
who only has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor is able to see; to whom [be] honour and eternal might. Amen.
Douay-Rheims
Who only hath immortality, and inhabiteth light inaccessible, whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and empire everlasting. Amen.
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