Romans 11:1
New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
חָלִילָה
châlîylâh
literal fora profaned thing; used (interj.) far be it!
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
זֶרַע
zeraʻ
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
אַבְרָהָם
ʼAbrâhâm
Abraham, the later name of Abram
מַטֶּה
maṭṭeh
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance),...
בִּנְיָמִין
Binyâmîyn
Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
Key Terms in This Verse
אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →חָלִילָה châlîylâh
literal fora profaned thing; used (interj.) far be it!
Study H2486 →בִּנְיָמִין Binyâmîyn
Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
Study H1144 →מַטֶּה maṭṭeh
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of l...
Study H4294 →עַם ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Study H5971 →Cross References
Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was ...
For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
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