James 3:12
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.”
δύναμαι
To be able, to have power, to be capable. Dunamai. With God all things are possible. The limit of what is possible is not human ability but divine will.
πηγή
spring
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πηγή
a fount (literally or figuratively), i.e. source or supply (of water, blood, enjoyment) (not necessarily the original spring)
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ποιέω
to produce
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ποιέω
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
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οὔτε
Nor
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οὔτε
not too, i.e. neither or nor; by analogy, not even
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ὕδωρ
water.
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ὕδωρ
water (as if rainy) literally or figuratively
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ἤ
Or
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ἤ
disjunctive, or; comparative, than
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ἐλαία
olives
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ἐλαία
an olive (the tree or the fruit)
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γλυκύς
fresh
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γλυκύς
sweet (i.e. not bitter nor salt)
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συκῆ
a fig tree
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συκῆ
a fig-tree
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