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Colossians 1:18

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andαὐτόςautosheαὐτόςpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “he”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.heἐστινestinisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.isἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κεφαλὴkephalēheadκεφαλήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “head”, the subject formG2776(a) the head, (b) met: a corner stone, uniting two walls; head, ruler, lord.the headτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.σώματοςsōmatosof the bodyσῶμα (sōma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of the body”, the of-formG4983body, flesh; the body of the Church.This verse uses “body”.of the bodyτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐκκλησίαςekklēsiaschurchἐκκλησία (ekklēsia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “church”, the of-formG1577an assembly, congregation, church; the Church, the whole body of Christian believers.This verse uses “church”.the churchὅςhoswhoὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “who”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “who”.whoἐστινestinisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.isἀρχήarchēbeginningἀρχήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “beginning”, the subject formG746(a) rule (kingly or magisterial), (b) plur: in a quasi-personal sense, almost: rulers, magistrates, (c) beginning.This verse uses “beginning”.the beginningπρωτότοκοςprōtotokosfirstbornπρωτότοκοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “firstborn”, the subject formG4416first-born, eldest.the firstbornἐκekfromἐκpreposition — “from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.fromτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.νεκρῶνnekrōndeadνεκρός (nekros)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “dead”, the of-formG3498(a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse.This verse uses “dead”.the deadἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatγένηταιgenētaimight haveγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “might have”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.might haveἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.πᾶσινpasinallπᾶς (pas)adjective, dative, plural, neuter — “all”, the to- or for-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.αὐτὸςautosheαὐτόςpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “he”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.πρωτεύωνprōteuōnpreeminenceπρωτεύω (prōteuō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “preeminence”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4409I have preeminence, am chief, am first.the preeminence

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And himself is the head of the body — the assembly — who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all [things] — himself — first,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

Young’s Literal Translation

And himself is the head of the body — the assembly — who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all [things] — himself — first,

World English Bible

He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.

Darby Translation

And he is the head of the body, the assembly; who is [the] beginning, firstborn from among the dead, that he might have the first place in all things:

Douay-Rheims

And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he may hold the primacy:

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