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James 1:18

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

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βουληθεὶςboulētheisOf his own willβούλομαι (boulomai)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “Of his own will”, a single actionG1014I will, intend, desire, wish.This verse uses “will”.Of his own willἀπεκύησενapekuēsenbegat heἀποκυέω (apokueō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “begat he”, a single actionG616I bring forth, give birth to (a child), a medical or physical word, marking the close of pregnancy.begat heἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).usλόγῳlogōwith the wordλόγος (logos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “with the word”, the to- or for-formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.with the wordἀληθείαςalētheiasof truthἀλήθεια (alētheia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of truth”, the of-formG225truth, but not merely truth as spoken; truth of idea, reality, sincerity, truth in the moral sphere, divine truth revealed to man, straightforwardness.of truthεἰςeisthatεἰςpreposition — “that”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.thatτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.εἶναιeinaito existεἰμί (eimí)verb, present active infinitive — “to exist”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.Strong’s files this form under G1511 (εἶναι, exist).should beἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ἀπαρχήνaparchēnof firstfruitsἀπαρχή (aparchē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “of firstfruits”, the object formG536the first-fruits, the earliest crop of the year, hence also met., for example, of the earliest converts in a district; there is evidence in favor of rendering in some passages merely by: sacrifice, gift.of firstfruitsτιναtinaoneτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “one”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.αὐτοῦautouof hisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of his”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.of hisκτισμάτωνktismatōncreaturesκτίσμα (ktisma)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “creatures”, the of-formG2938a created thing, a creature.creatures

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

having counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Young’s Literal Translation

having counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.

World English Bible

Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

Darby Translation

According to his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a certain first-fruits of his creatures.

Douay-Rheims

For of his own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be some beginning of his creatures.

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