Ephesians
Ephesians 4:26–27
26“Be angry, yet do not sin.”d Do not let the sun set upon your anger, 27and do not give the devil a foothold.
Footnotes
- d 4:26 Or “In your anger do not sin.”Psalm 4:4|PSA 4:4
Word by word
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Ephesians 4:26
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Be angry | Ὀργίζεσθε | Orgizesthe | Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural | G3710 I irritate, provoke, am angry |
| yet | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| not | μὴ | mē | Adverb | G3361 not, lest |
| sin | ἁμαρτάνετε | hamartanete | Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G264 I sin |
| not | μὴ | mē | Adverb | G3361 not, lest |
| the | ὁ | ho | Article - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| sun | ἥλιος | hēlios | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2246 the sun, sunlight |
| set | ἐπιδυέτω | epidyetō | Verb - Present Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1931 I sink, set |
| upon | ἐπὶ | epi | Preposition | G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at |
| your | ὑμῶν | hymōn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
| anger | παροργισμῷ | parorgismō | Noun - Dative Masculine Singular | G3950 exasperation, wrath |
Ephesians 4:27
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| not | μηδὲ | mēde | Conjunction | G3366 and not, not even |
| give | δίδοτε | didote | Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G1325 I offer, give |
| the | τῷ | tō | Article - Dative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| devil | διαβόλῳ | diabolō | Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular | G1228 slanderous, the Slanderer, the Devil |
| a foothold | τόπον | topon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G5117 a place |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ephesians 4:26 James 1:19 · Psalm 4:4 · Psalm 37:8 · Ephesians 4:31–32 · Ecclesiastes 7:9 · Proverbs 14:29 · Proverbs 19:11 · Romans 12:19–21 · Matthew 5:22 · Nehemiah 5:6–13 · Exodus 32:21–22 · Mark 3:5
Ephesians 4:27 James 4:7 · Ephesians 6:16 · 1 Peter 5:8 · Ephesians 6:11 · 2 Corinthians 2:10–11 · Acts 5:3
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.