Romans 9:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὐδʼ, ὅτι εἰσὶν σπέρμα Ἀβραάμ, πάντες τέκνα: ἀλλʼ, Ἐν Ἰσαὰκ κληθήσεταί σοι σπέρμα.

Transliteration

Neither, because they are sperma Abraam, pantes tekna: but, In Isaak klēthēsetai to you sperma.

Grammar Details

*sperma*: nominative, neuter, singular - seed/offspring
*Abraam*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Abraham
*pantes*: adjective, nominative, masculine, plural - all
*tekna*: nominative, neuter, plural - children
*Isaak*: proper noun, dative - in Isaac
*klēthēsetai*: future, indicative, passive, 3rd person singular - will be called/named

Word Meanings

*sperma*: seed/offspring/descendants
*pantes*: all/everyone/the whole
*tekna*: children/descendants/offspring
*klēthēsetai*: will be called/named/designated

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 21:12 : 12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy handmaid; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Heb 11:18 : 18 [None even he] to whom it was said, {G3754} In Isaac shall thy seed be called:
Luke 3:8 : 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Luke 16:24-25 : 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish.
Luke 16:30 : 30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one go to them from the dead, they will repent.
John 8:33 : 33 They answered unto him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
John 8:37-39 : 37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed: yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you. 38 I speak the things which I have seen with [my] Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from [your] father. 39 They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
Gal 4:23 : 23 Howbeit the [son] {G3303} by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the [son] by the freewoman [is born] through promise.
Phil 3:3 : 3 for we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh:

Similar Verses (AI)

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Rom 9:8-12
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8That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.
9For this is a word of promise, According to this season will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10And not only so; but {G2192} Rebecca also having conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac—
11for [the children] being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth,
12it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
Rom 9:6
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6But [it is] not as though {G3754} the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all {G1537} Israel, that {G3778} are of Israel:
Heb 11:18
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18[None even he] to whom it was said, {G3754} In Isaac shall thy seed be called:
Gal 3:7-9
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7Know therefore that they that are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.
8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, [saying,] In thee shall all the nations be blessed.
9So then they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
Gen 21:12-13
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12And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy handmaid; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
13And also of the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
Gal 4:28
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28Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
Acts 3:25
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25Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Matt 3:9
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9and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Gal 3:16
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16Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Gen 17:19
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19And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
Gal 3:29
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29And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, {G2532} heirs according to promise.
Rom 9:26-27
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26And it shall be, [that] in the place {G3757} where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.
27And Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that shall be saved:
Rom 4:16-17
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16For this cause [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
17{G3754} (as it is written, A father of many nations have I made thee) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were.
Gen 22:17-18
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17that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Gen 15:3-5
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5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
1 Chr 1:28
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Gen 17:9
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1 Chr 1:34
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34And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.
Ps 105:6
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Rom 4:13
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13For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.
John 8:39
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39They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
Isa 61:9
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9And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which Jehovah hath blessed.
Hos 1:10
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10Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God.
Gen 17:5-6
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5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.
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Gen 26:4
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Acts 7:8
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Luke 3:8
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8Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Gen 28:14
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Gen 21:10
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10Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son: for the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Heb 7:6
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Gen 28:4
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Gen 17:21
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21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
Gal 4:30
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30Howbeit what saith the scripture? Cast out the handmaid and her son: for the son of the handmaid shall not {G3361} inherit with the son of the freewoman.
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Acts 7:5
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