Rom 4:18-21 : 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"
}
}
20 {
"verseID": "Romans.4.20",
"source": "Εἰς δὲ τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐ διεκρίθη τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ· ἀλλʼ ἐνεδυναμώθη τῇ πίστει, δοὺς δόξαν τῷ Θεῷ·",
"text": "Toward *de* the *epangelian* of the *Theou* not he *diekrithē* by the *apistia*; but was *enedynamōthē* by the *pistei*, having *dous* *doxan* to the *Theō*;",
"grammar": {
"*Eis*": "preposition with accusative - toward/regarding",
"*de*": "conjunction - but/and",
"*tēn epangelian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - the promise",
"*tou Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God",
"*ou diekrithē*": "aorist passive indicative with negative, 3rd person singular - he did not waver",
"*tē apistia*": "dative, feminine, singular - by the unbelief",
"*all'*": "strong adversative conjunction - but",
"*enedynamōthē*": "aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular - was strengthened",
"*tē pistei*": "dative, feminine, singular - by the faith",
"*dous*": "aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having given",
"*doxan*": "accusative, feminine, singular - glory",
"*tō Theō*": "dative, masculine, singular - to God"
},
"variants": {
"*epangelian*": "promise/pledge",
"*Theou*": "God/deity",
"*diekrithē*": "wavered/doubted/hesitated",
"*apistia*": "unbelief/faithlessness",
"*enedynamōthē*": "was strengthened/empowered",
"*pistei*": "faith/trust/belief",
"*dous*": "having given/granted",
"*doxan*": "glory/honor/praise"
}
}
21 {
"verseID": "Romans.4.21",
"source": "Καὶ πληροφορηθεὶς ὅτι, ὃ ἐπήγγελται, δυνατός ἐστιν καὶ ποιῆσαι.",
"text": "And having been *plērophorētheis* that, what he has *epēngeltai*, *dynatos* he *estin* also to *poiēsai*.",
"grammar": {
"*Kai*": "conjunction - and",
"*plērophorētheis*": "aorist passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having been fully convinced",
"*hoti*": "conjunction - that",
"*ho*": "accusative, neuter, singular, relative pronoun - what",
"*epēngeltai*": "perfect middle indicative, 3rd person singular - he has promised",
"*dynatos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - able/powerful",
"*estin*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - he is",
"*kai*": "conjunction - also",
"*poiēsai*": "aorist active infinitive - to do/perform"
},
"variants": {
"*plērophorētheis*": "having been fully convinced/assured/persuaded",
"*epēngeltai*": "has promised/pledged",
"*dynatos*": "able/powerful/capable",
"*poiēsai*": "to do/perform/accomplish"
}
}