James 1:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

Young's Literal Translation
every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

King James Bible
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Greek
Every
πᾶσα (pasa)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

good
δόσις (dosis)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1394: A giving, gift, donation. From the base of didomi; a giving; by implication, a gift.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

perfect
τέλειον (teleion)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5046: From telos; complete; neuter completeness.

gift
δώρημα (dōrēma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 1434: A gift, bounty. From doreomai; a bestowment.

is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

from above,
ἄνωθέν (anōthen)
Adverb
Strong's 509: From ano; from above; by analogy, from the first; by implication, anew.

coming down
καταβαῖνον (katabainon)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 2597: To go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend. From kata and the base of basis; to descend.

from
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Father
Πατρὸς (Patros)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

of the heavenly lights,
φώτων (phōtōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 5457: Light, a source of light, radiance. From an obsolete phao; luminousness.

with
παρ’ (par’)
Preposition
Strong's 3844: Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.

whom
(hō)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

there is
ἔνι (eni)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1762: Contraction for the third person singular present indicative of eneimi; impersonally, there is in or among.

no
οὐκ (ouk)
Adverb
Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

change
παραλλαγὴ (parallagē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3883: A change, variation, mutation. From a compound of para and allasso; transmutation, i.e. fickleness: variableness.

or
(ē)
Conjunction
Strong's 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.

shifting
τροπῆς (tropēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 5157: A turning, change, mutation. From an apparently primary trepo to turn; a turn, i.e. Revolution.

shadow.
ἀποσκίασμα (aposkiasma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 644: From a compound of apo and a derivative of skia; a shading off, i.e. Obscuration.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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