Romans 10:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀλλὰ λέγω, Μὴ οὐκ ἤκουσαν; Μενοῦνγε, εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν, καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν.

Transliteration

Alla legō, Mē ouk ēkousan? Menounge, eis pasan tēn gēn exēlthen ho phthoggos autōn, kai eis ta perata tēs oikoumenēs ta rhēmata autōn.

Grammar Details

• *Alla*: strong adversative conjunction - but
• *legō*: present indicative, 1st singular - I say
• *Mē ouk*: interrogative negative particles - surely they did not
• *ēkousan*: aorist indicative, active, 3rd plural - they heard
• *Menounge*: strong affirmative particle - indeed/certainly
• *eis pasan tēn gēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - into all the earth
• *exēlthen*: aorist indicative, active, 3rd singular - went out
• *ho phthoggos*: nominative, masculine, singular - the sound
• *autōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of them
• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *eis ta perata*: accusative, neuter, plural - to the ends
• *tēs oikoumenēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of the inhabited world
• *ta rhēmata*: nominative, neuter, plural - the words

Word Meanings

• *Menounge*: indeed/certainly/yes indeed/more than that
• *exēlthen*: went out/spread/extended
• *phthoggos*: sound/voice/utterance
• *perata*: ends/extremities/boundaries
• *oikoumenēs*: inhabited world/earth/empire
• *rhēmata*: words/sayings/messages

Referenced Verses

• Ps 19:4 : 4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
• Matt 24:14 : 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
• Rom 1:8 : 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
• Col 1:6 : 6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
• Col 1:23 : 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
• 1 Thess 1:8 : 8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
• Matt 28:19 : 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
• Mark 16:15 : 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
• Mark 16:20 : 20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
• Acts 2:5-9 : 5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. 6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. 7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? 8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? 9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, 10 {G5037} Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
• Acts 26:20 : 20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
• Acts 28:23 : 23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
• Rom 15:19 : 19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
• Matt 26:13 : 13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
• Ps 22:27 : 27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
• Ps 98:3 : 3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
• Isa 24:16 : 16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
• Isa 49:6 : 6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
• Isa 52:10 : 10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
• Jer 16:19 : 19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
• Matt 4:8 : 8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
• 1 Kgs 18:10 : 10 As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.