Romans 8:26

American Standard Version (1901)

And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for [us] with groanings which cannot be uttered;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα συναντιλαμβάνεται ταῖς ἀσθενείαις ἡμῶν: τὸ γὰρ τί προσευξώμεθα καθὸ δεῖ: οὐκ οἴδαμεν ἀλλʼ αὐτὸ τὸ Πνεῦμα ὑπερεντυγχάνει ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν στεναγμοῖς ἀλαλήτοις.

Transliteration

Hōsautōs de kai to Pneuma synantilambanetai tais astheneiais of us: the for what proseuxōmetha katho dei: ouk oidamen all' auto to Pneuma hyperentygchanei hyper us stenagmois alalētois.

Grammar Details

• *Hōsautōs*: adverb - likewise/in the same way
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *kai*: conjunction - also/even
• *to Pneuma*: nominative neuter singular - the Spirit
• *synantilambanetai*: present middle indicative 3rd person singular - helps/assists with
• *tais astheneiais*: dative feminine plural - the weaknesses
• *hēmōn*: genitive 1st person plural - us
• *to gar ti*: accusative neuter singular - the what
• *proseuxōmetha*: aorist middle subjunctive 1st person plural - we should pray
• *katho*: conjunction - as/just as
• *dei*: present active indicative 3rd person singular impersonal - it is necessary
• *ouk*: negative particle - not
• *oidamen*: perfect active indicative 1st person plural - we know
• *all'*: adversative conjunction - but
• *auto*: intensive pronoun nominative neuter singular - itself
• *hyperentygchanei*: present active indicative 3rd person singular - intercedes
• *hyper*: preposition with genitive - for/on behalf of
• *stenagmois*: dative masculine plural - with groanings
• *alalētois*: dative masculine plural - unutterable/inexpressible

Word Meanings

• *Hōsautōs*: likewise/in the same way/similarly
• *synantilambanetai*: helps/assists with/joins in helping
• *astheneiais*: weaknesses/infirmities/frailties
• *proseuxōmetha*: we should pray/we ought to pray
• *katho dei*: as it is necessary/as we ought
• *oidamen*: we know/understand [perfect - completed action with continuing results]
• *hyperentygchanei*: intercedes exceedingly/intercedes strongly/pleads
• *stenagmois*: with groanings/sighs
• *alalētois*: unutterable/inexpressible/wordless

Referenced Verses

• Eph 6:18 : 18 with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
• Matt 10:20 : 20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.
• Gal 4:6 : 6 And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
• Eph 2:18 : 18 for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father.
• Jude 1:20-21 : 20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
• Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.
• Rom 8:15 : 15 For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
• Heb 4:15 : 15 For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin.
• Jas 4:3 : 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend [it] in your pleasures.
• 2 Cor 5:4 : 4 For indeed we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but that we would be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life.
• Rom 15:1 : 1 Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
• Luke 22:44 : 44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.
• John 14:16 : 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,
• Ps 143:4-7 : 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate. 5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy doings; I muse on the work of thy hands. 6 I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a weary land. {{Selah 7 Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; My spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.
• Ps 6:9 : 9 Jehovah hath heard my supplication; Jehovah will receive my prayer.
• Ps 10:17 : 17 Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;
• Ps 42:1-5 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. Maschil of the sons of Korah]. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God? 3 My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? 4 These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday. 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And [why] art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him [For] the help of his countenance.
• Ps 55:1-2 : 1 [For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David]. Give ear to my prayer, O God; And hide not thyself from my supplication. 2 Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
• Ps 77:1-3 : 1 [For the Chief Musician; afer the manner of Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph]. I will cry unto God with my voice, Even unto God with my voice; and he will give ear unto me. 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; My soul refused to be comforted. 3 I remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. {{Selah
• Matt 20:22 : 22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? They say unto him, We are able.
• 2 Cor 12:5-9 : 5 On behalf of such a one will I glory: but on mine own behalf I will not glory, save in [my] weaknesses. 6 For if I should desire to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I shall speak the truth: but I forbear, lest any man should account of me above that which he seeth me [to be], or heareth from me. 7 And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch. 8 Concerning this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9 And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for [my] power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
• Luke 11:1-9 : 1 And it came to pass, as he was praying in a certain place, that when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples. 2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Father, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. 3 Give us day by day our daily bread. 4 And forgive us our sins; for we ourselves also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation. 5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him; 7 and he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee? 8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will arise and give him as many as he needeth. 9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 11 And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give him a stone? or a fish, and he for a fish give him a serpent? 12 Or [if] he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion? 13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall [your] heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
• Rom 7:24 : 24 Wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?
• Ps 102:20 : 20 To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;
• Ps 119:81-82 : 81 KAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; [But] I hope in thy word. 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?
• Ps 88:1-3 : 1 [A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite]. O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee. 2 Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry. 3 For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.
• Ps 102:5 : 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh.
• Ps 69:3 : 3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
• 2 Cor 5:2 : 2 For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven:
• Heb 5:2 : 2 who can bear gently with the ignorant and erring, for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity;