Ephesians

Ephesians 5:23

23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

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EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
ForὅτιhotiConjunctionG3754 that, since, because
husbandἀνήρanērNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularG435 a male human being, a man
isἐστινestinVerb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularG1510 I am, exist
headκεφαλὴkephalēNoun - Nominative Feminine SingularG2776 the head
of theτῆςtēsArticle - Genitive Feminine SingularG3588 the
wifeγυναικὸςgynaikosNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularG1135 a woman, wife, my lady
asὡςhōsAdverbG5613 as, like as, how, while, so that
ChristΧριστὸςChristosNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularG5547 anointed, the Messiah, the Christ
headκεφαλὴkephalēNoun - Nominative Feminine SingularG2776 the head
of theτῆςtēsArticle - Genitive Feminine SingularG3588 the
churchἐκκλησίαςekklēsiasNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularG1577 an assembly, congregation, church
bodyσώματοςsōmatosNoun - Genitive Neuter SingularG4983 body, flesh
HeαὐτὸςautosPersonal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person SingularG846 he, she, it, they, them, same
SaviorσωτὴρsōtērNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularG4990 a savior, deliverer, preserver

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1 Corinthians 11:3–10 · Colossians 1:18 · Ephesians 5:25–26 · Ephesians 1:22–23 · Ephesians 4:15

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