James 3:7
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For every nature of beasts and of birds and of serpents and of the rest is tamed and hath been tamed, by the nature of man.

kind.

Mark 5:4 For having been often bound with fetters and chains, he had burst the chains, and broken the fetters in pieces, and no one could tame him.

Gr.

Context
Taming the Tongue
6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell. 7For every nature of beasts and of birds and of serpents and of the rest is tamed and hath been tamed, by the nature of man. 8But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison.…
Cross References
Acts 10:12
Wherein were all manner of four-footed beasts and creeping things of the earth and fowls of the air.

James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell.

James 3:8
But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison.

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

kinds
φύσις (physis)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5449: From phuo; growth, i.e. natural production; by extension, a genus or sort; figuratively, native disposition, constitution or usage.

of animals,
θηρίων (thēriōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 2342: Properly: a wild beast, hence: any animal; met: a brute. Diminutive from the same as thera; a dangerous animal.

birds,
πετεινῶν (peteinōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4071: A bird, fowl. Neuter of a derivative of petomai; a flying animal, i.e. Bird.

reptiles,
ἑρπετῶν (herpetōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 2062: Neuter of a derivative of herpo; a reptile, i.e. (compare remes) a small animal.

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

creatures of the sea
ἐναλίων (enaliōn)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 1724: Marine, living in the sea. From en and hals; in the sea, i.e. Marine.

are being tamed
δαμάζεται (damazetai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1150: To tame, subdue, involving obedience and restraint. A variation of an obsolete primary of the same meaning; to tame.

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

have been tamed
δεδάμασται (dedamastai)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1150: To tame, subdue, involving obedience and restraint. A variation of an obsolete primary of the same meaning; to tame.

by
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

man,
ἀνθρωπίνῃ (anthrōpinē)
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 442: Belonging to human beings (especially as contrasted with God), human (as contrasted with divine). From anthropos; human.


Additional Translations
All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,

For every species both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued and has been subdued by the human race,

For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed of mankind:

For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind.

For every species both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and of sea animals, is tamed and has been tamed by the human species;

For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:

For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of animals in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:

For brute nature under all its forms--beasts and birds, reptiles and fishes--can be subjected and kept in subjection by human nature.

For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.

For every nature, both of beasts and of fowls, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and hath been subdued, by the human nature,
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