Romans 11:7
New Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
ἐκλογή
eklogḗ
(divine) selection (abstractly or concretely)
נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
יֶתֶר
yether
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
τυφλόω
typhlóō
to make blind, i.e. (figuratively) to obscure
Key Terms in This Verse
נָשָׂא nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Study H5375 →נָשָׂא nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Study H5375 →בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →יֶתֶר yether
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
Study H3499 →יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Study H3478 →Cross References
Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be c...
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
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