UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Notes: The expression τὸν τροχὸν τῆς γενέσεως in RV JAM 3:6 · LV JAM 3:6 · Read together JAM 3:6 is similar in meaning to the lexical items found in Domain 41 Behavior and Related States, Subdomain B Custom, Tradition.

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: τροχός; -οῦ

Related lemmas: τρέχω

Sense 1: course, pattern

Semantic entry: 61.5

Semantic domains: Sequence

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of τροχός ‘wheel,’ not occurring in the NT) an ordered series of events, involving repeated patterns

Notes: For another interpretation of τροχός in RV JAM 3:6 · LV JAM 3:6 · Read together JAM 3:6, see 67.83: τροχός.

JAM 3:6: RV JAM 3:6 · LV JAM 3:6 · Read together JAM 3:6

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OET-RV JAM 3:6

6 and the tongue is a fire producing a torrent of depravity. It’s a part of our physical body but capable of staining us all over and setting our worlds on fire, because the tongue itself is set on fire from hell.

OET-LV JAM 3:6

6 And the tongue is a_fire, the world of_ the _unrighteousness, the tongue is _being _set _down among the members of _us, which staining all the body, and setting _on _fire the course of_ the _existence, and being _set _on _fire by the geenna.

Sense 2: course, cycle

Semantic entry: 67.83

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of τροχός ‘wheel,’ not occurring in the NT) a period of time of indefinite length, characterized by recurring events or patterns

Notes: In some languages τὸν τροχὸν τῆς γενέσεως may be best rendered as ‘the very way in which we live’ or ‘the manner of our life.’ For another interpretation of τροχός in RV JAM 3:6 · LV JAM 3:6 · Read together JAM 3:6, see 61.5: τροχός.