Tiago 3:5
Assim também a língua é um pequeno membro, mas se orgulha de grandes coisas. Vede como um pequeno fogo incendeia um grande bosque!This verse in the real world
In what words
- μεγαλαυχέωmegalauchéōakin to G837 (αὐξάνω) and G2744 (καυχάομαι)); to talk big, i.e. be grandiloquent (arrogant
- ὕληhýlēa forest, i.e. (by implication) fuel
- ἡλίκοςhēlíkosas big as, i.e. (interjectively) how much
- μέλοςmélosa limb or part of the body
- μικρόςmikróssmall (in size, quantity, number or (figuratively) dignity)
- ὀλίγοςolígospuny (in extent, degree, number, duration or value); especially neuter (adverbially) somew
- γλῶσσαglōssathe tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired)
- πῦρpŷr"fire" (literally or figuratively, specially, lightning)
+4 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Pro 18:21, Jer 9:3–8, Pro 12:18, Pro 15:2, Psa 17:10, Psa 73:8–9, Psa 52:1–2, Psa 12:2–4