17{
"verseID": "Romans.4.17",
"source": "(Καθὼς γέγραπται, ὅτι Πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν τέθεικά,) σε κατέναντι οὗ ἐπίστευσεν, Θεοῦ, τοῦ ζωοποιοῦντος τοὺς νεκροὺς, καὶ καλοῦντος τὰ μὴ ὄντα ὡς ὄντα.",
"text": "(Just as it is *gegraptai*, that *Patera* of many *ethnōn* I have *tetheika*,) you *katenanti* of whom he *episteusen*, *Theou*, the one *zōopoiountos* the *nekrous*, and *kalountos* the things *mē onta* as *onta*.",
"grammar": {
"*Kathōs*": "comparative conjunction - just as",
"*gegraptai*": "perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular - it has been written",
"*hoti*": "conjunction - that",
"*Patera*": "accusative, masculine, singular - Father",
"*pollōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural - of many",
"*ethnōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural - of nations",
"*tetheika*": "perfect active indicative, 1st person singular - I have made/set",
"*se*": "accusative, singular, 2nd person pronoun - you",
"*katenanti*": "preposition - before/in the presence of",
"*hou*": "genitive, masculine, singular, relative pronoun - of whom",
"*episteusen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he believed",
"*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God",
"*tou zōopoiountos*": "genitive, masculine, singular, present active participle - the one making alive",
"*tous nekrous*": "accusative, masculine, plural - the dead",
"*kai*": "conjunction - and",
"*kalountos*": "genitive, masculine, singular, present active participle - calling",
"*ta mē onta*": "accusative, neuter, plural with negative, present participle - the things not being",
"*hōs*": "comparative particle - as",
"*onta*": "accusative, neuter, plural, present active participle - being"
},
"variants": {
"*gegraptai*": "has been written/stands written",
"*Patera*": "Father/ancestor",
"*ethnōn*": "nations/peoples/gentiles",
"*tetheika*": "I have made/set/appointed",
"*katenanti*": "before/in the presence of/opposite",
"*episteusen*": "believed/trusted/had faith",
"*Theou*": "God/deity",
"*zōopoiountos*": "making alive/giving life/vivifying",
"*nekrous*": "dead/dead ones",
"*kalountos*": "calling/naming/inviting",
"*onta*": "being/existing"
}
}
18{
"verseID": "Romans.4.18",
"source": "Ὃς παρʼ ἐλπίδα ἐπʼ ἐλπίδι ἐπίστευσεν, εἰς τὸ γενέσθαι αὐτὸν πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν· κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον, Οὕτως ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου.",
"text": "Who against *elpida* upon *elpidi* *episteusen*, for the *genesthai* him *patera* of many *ethnōn*; according to the thing having been *eirēmenon*, Thus *estai* the *sperma* of you.",
"grammar": {
"*Hos*": "nominative, masculine, singular, relative pronoun - who",
"*par' elpida*": "accusative with preposition - against hope",
"*ep' elpidi*": "dative with preposition - upon hope",
"*episteusen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - believed",
"*eis to genesthai*": "preposition with articular aorist middle infinitive - for to become",
"*auton*": "accusative, masculine, singular - him",
"*patera*": "accusative, masculine, singular - father",
"*pollōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural - of many",
"*ethnōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural - of nations",
"*kata to eirēmenon*": "accusative with preposition - according to the thing having been said",
"*Houtōs*": "demonstrative adverb - thus/so",
"*estai*": "future middle indicative, 3rd person singular - will be",
"*to sperma*": "nominative, neuter, singular - the seed",
"*sou*": "genitive, singular, 2nd person pronoun - of you"
},
"variants": {
"*elpida*": "hope/expectation",
"*elpidi*": "hope/expectation",
"*episteusen*": "believed/trusted/had faith",
"*genesthai*": "to become/come to be",
"*patera*": "father/ancestor",
"*ethnōn*": "nations/peoples/gentiles",
"*eirēmenon*": "having been said/spoken",
"*estai*": "will be/shall be",
"*sperma*": "seed/offspring/descendants"
}
}
19{
"verseID": "Romans.4.19",
"source": "Καὶ μὴ ἀσθενήσας τῇ πίστει, οὐ κατενόησεν τὸ ἑαυτοῦ σῶμα ἤδη νενεκρωμένον, ἑκατονταέτης που ὑπάρχων, καὶ τὴν νέκρωσιν τῆς μήτρας Σάρρας:",
"text": "And not having *asthenēsas* in the *pistei*, not he *katenoēsen* the of himself *sōma* already having been *nenekrōmenon*, *hekatontaetēs* *pou* *hyparchōn*, and the *nekrōsin* of the *mētras* of *Sarras*:",
"grammar": {
"*Kai*": "conjunction - and",
"*mē asthenēsas*": "aorist active participle with negative - not having become weak",
"*tē pistei*": "dative, feminine, singular - in the faith",
"*ou katenoēsen*": "aorist active indicative with negative, 3rd person singular - he did not consider",
"*to heautou sōma*": "accusative, neuter, singular - the of himself body",
"*ēdē*": "temporal adverb - already",
"*nenekrōmenon*": "perfect passive participle, accusative, neuter, singular - having been deadened",
"*hekatontaetēs*": "nominative, masculine, singular - hundred years old",
"*pou*": "adverb - somewhere/about",
"*hyparchōn*": "present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being/existing",
"*kai*": "conjunction - and",
"*tēn nekrōsin*": "accusative, feminine, singular - the deadness",
"*tēs mētras*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of the womb",
"*Sarras*": "genitive, feminine - of Sarah"
},
"variants": {
"*asthenēsas*": "having become weak/feeble",
"*pistei*": "faith/trust/belief",
"*katenoēsen*": "considered/observed carefully",
"*sōma*": "body/physical frame",
"*nenekrōmenon*": "having been deadened/made as dead",
"*hekatontaetēs*": "hundred years old",
"*hyparchōn*": "being/existing",
"*nekrōsin*": "deadness/state of being dead",
"*mētras*": "womb/uterus"
}
}