Romans 16:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

{G1161} I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Συνίστημι δὲ ὑμῖν Φοίβην τὴν ἀδελφὴν ἡμῶν, οὖσαν διάκονον τῆς ἐκκλησίας τῆς ἐν Κεγχρεαῖς:

Transliteration

Synistēmi de to-you Phoibēn the adelphēn of-us, ousan diakonon of-the ekklēsias of-the in Kegchreais:

Grammar Details

*Synistēmi*: present indicative active, 1st person singular - I commend/recommend/introduce
*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
ὑμῖν: dative plural - to you
*Phoibēn*: accusative feminine singular - Phoebe (proper name)
*adelphēn*: accusative feminine singular - sister
ἡμῶν: genitive plural pronoun - of us/our
*ousan*: present participle accusative feminine singular - being
*diakonon*: accusative singular - servant/deacon/minister
*ekklēsias*: genitive feminine singular - assembly/church/congregation
*Kegchreais*: dative plural - Cenchrea (place name)

Word Meanings

*Synistēmi*: commend/recommend/introduce/present
*diakonon*: servant/deacon/minister/one who serves
*ekklēsias*: assembly/church/congregation/called-out ones

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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High concordance with source wording
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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

Acts 18:18 : 18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
2 Cor 3:1 : 1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
1 Tim 5:2 : 2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
1 Tim 5:9-9 : 9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, 10 Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
Jas 2:15 : 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
1 Pet 1:22-23 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: 23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
Matt 12:50 : 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Mark 10:30 : 30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
Luke 8:3 : 3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.

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