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Andκαὶheαὐτόςisἐστινbeforeπρὸall things,πάντωνandκαὶall thingsτὰ πάνταhold togetherσυνέστηκενinἐνhim.αὐτῷ
Colossians 1:17
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With the Greek beneath
Colossians 1:17, word by word
- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- hold togetherσυνέστηκενsynestēken
hold together
To cohere, or take shape.
Where else “synestēken” appears
The context
16because in him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.
17 · This verse (above)
18And he is the head of the body, the assembly. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may come to be first in all things,