Romans 8:26

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And in the same way the Spirit is a help to our feeble hearts: for we are not able to make prayer to God in the right way; but the Spirit puts our desires into words which are not in our power to say;

📖 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 prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,
• Matt 10:20 : 20 Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.
• Gal 4:6 : 6 And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father.
• Eph 2:18 : 18 Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father.
• Jude 1:20-21 : 20 But you, my loved ones, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, and making prayers in the Holy Spirit, 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for life eternal through the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will send down on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of prayer; and their eyes will be turned to the one who was wounded by their hands: and they will be weeping for him as for an only son, and their grief for him will be bitter, like the grief of one sorrowing for his oldest son.
• Rom 8:15 : 15 For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father.
• Heb 4:15 : 15 For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points as we ourselves are tested, but without sin.
• Jas 4:3 : 3 You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.
• 2 Cor 5:4 : 4 For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life.
• Rom 15:1 : 1 We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.
• Luke 22:44 : 44 And being in great trouble of soul, the force of his prayer became stronger, and great drops, like blood, came from him, falling to the earth.
• John 14:16 : 16 And I will make prayer to the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you for ever,
• Ps 143:4-7 : 4 Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear. 5 I keep in mind the early days of the past, giving thought to all your acts, even to the work of your hands. 6 My hands are stretched out to you: my soul is turned to you, like a land in need of water. (Selah.) 7 Be quick in answering me, O Lord, for the strength of my spirit is gone: let me see your face, so that I may not be like those who go down into the underworld.
• Ps 6:9 : 9 The Lord has given ear to my request; the Lord has let my prayer come before him.
• Ps 10:17 : 17 Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:
• Ps 42:1-5 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of the sons of Korah.> Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God. 2 My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when may I come and see the face of God? 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while they keep saying to me, Where is your God? 4 Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast. 5 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.
• Ps 55:1-2 : 1 <To the chief music-maker, on Neginoth. Maschil. Of David.> Give hearing to my prayer, O God; and let not your ear be shut against my request. 2 Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow;
• Ps 77:1-3 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. After Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm.> I was crying to God with my voice; even to God with my voice, and he gave ear to me. 2 In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted. 3 I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)
• Matt 20:22 : 22 But Jesus made answer and said, You have no idea what you are requesting. Are you able to take of the cup which I am about to take?
• 2 Cor 12:5-9 : 5 On account of such a one I will have glory: for myself I will take no glory, but only in my feeble body. 6 For if I had a desire to take credit to myself, it would not be foolish, for I would be saying what is true: but I will not, for fear that I might seem to any man more than he sees me to be, or has word from me that I am. 7 And because the revelations were so very great, in order that I might not be overmuch lifted up, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, one sent from Satan to give me pain. 8 And about this thing I made request to the Lord three times that it might be taken away from me. 9 And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me. 10 So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.
• Luke 11:1-9 : 1 And it came about that he was in prayer in a certain place, and when he came to an end, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, will you give us teaching about prayer, as John did to his disciples? 2 And he said to them, When you say your prayers, say, Father, may your name be kept holy and your kingdom come. 3 Give us every day bread for our needs. 4 May we have forgiveness for our sins, as we make free all those who are in debt to us. And let us not be put to the test. 5 And he said to them, Which of you, having a friend, would go to him in the middle of the night and say to him, Friend, let me have three cakes of bread; 6 Because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to put before him; 7 And he, from inside the house, would say in answer, Do not be a trouble to me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; it is not possible for me to get up and give to you? 8 I say to you, Though he will not get up and give to him, because he is his friend, still, if he keeps on making his request, he will get up and give him as much as he has need of. 9 And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you. 10 For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open. 11 And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake? 12 Or for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?
• Rom 7:24 : 24 How unhappy am I! who will make me free from the body of this death?
• Ps 102:20 : 20 Hearing the cry of the prisoner, making free those for whom death is ordered;
• Ps 119:81-82 : 81 <CAPH> My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word. 82 My eyes are full of weariness with searching for your word, saying, When will you give me comfort?
• Ps 88:1-3 : 1 <A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil. Of Heman the Ezrahite.> O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night: 2 Let my prayer come before you; give ear to my cry: 3 For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.
• Ps 102:5 : 5 Because of the voice of my sorrow, my flesh is wasted to the bone.
• Ps 69:3 : 3 I am tired with my crying; my throat is burning: my eyes are wasted with waiting for my God.
• 2 Cor 5:2 : 2 For in this we are crying in weariness, greatly desiring to be clothed with our house from heaven:
• Heb 5:2 : 2 He is able to have feeling for those who have no knowledge and for those who are wandering from the true way, because he himself is feeble;