James 1:24
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For he beheld himself and went his way and presently forgot what manner of man he was.

what.

Judges 8:18 And he said to Zebee and Salmana: What manner of men were they, whom you slew in Thabor? They answered: They were like thee, and one of them as the son of a king.

Matthew 8:27 But the men wondered, saying: What manner of man is this, for the winds and the sea obey him?

Luke 1:66 And all they that had heard them laid them up in their heart, saying: What an one, think ye, shall this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

Luke 7:39 And the Pharisee, who had invited him, seeing it, spoke within himself, saying: This man, if he were if a prophet, would know surely who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him, that she is a sinner.

1 Thessalonians 1:5 For our gospel hath not been unto you in word only, but in power also: and in the Holy Ghost and in much fulness, as you know what manner of men we have been among you for your sakes.

2 Peter 3:11 Seeing then that all these things are to be dissolved, what manner of people ought you to be in holy conversation and godliness?

Context
Hearing and Doing
23For if a man be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he shall be compared to a man beholding his own countenance in a glass. 24For he beheld himself and went his way and presently forgot what manner of man he was. 25But he that hath looked into the perfect law of liberty and hath continued therein, not becoming a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work: this man shall be blessed in his deed.…
Cross References
James 1:23
For if a man be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he shall be compared to a man beholding his own countenance in a glass.

James 1:25
But he that hath looked into the perfect law of liberty and hath continued therein, not becoming a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work: this man shall be blessed in his deed.

Lexicon
[and]
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

after observing
κατενόησεν (katenoēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2657: To take note of, perceive, consider carefully, discern, detect, make account of. From kata and noieo; to observe fully.

himself
ἑαυτὸν (heauton)
Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1438: Himself, herself, itself.

goes away
ἀπελήλυθεν (apelēlythen)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 565: From apo and erchomai; to go off, aside or behind, literally or figuratively.

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

immediately
εὐθέως (eutheōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 2112: Immediately, soon, at once. Adverb from euthus; directly, i.e. At once or soon.

forgets
ἐπελάθετο (epelatheto)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1950: To forget, neglect. Middle voice from epi and lanthano; to lose out of mind; by implication, to neglect.

what he [looks] like.
ἦν (ēn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.


Additional Translations
and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

for he has viewed himself and has gone away, and immediately he has forgotten of what manner he was.

For he beholds himself, and goes his way, and straightway forgets what manner of man he was.

for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

for he has considered himself and is gone away, and straightway he has forgotten what he was like.

for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

For he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and immediately forgetteth what manner of man he was.

Although he has looked carefully at himself, he goes away, and has immediately forgotten the sort of man he is.

for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

for he did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was;
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