Romans 14:11

New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data

"For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For it is

כָּתַב

kâthab

H3789

to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)

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As I

חָיָה

châyâh

H2421

to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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every

אַבְרֵךְ

ʼabrêk

H86

kneel

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shall

קֶשֶׁת

qesheth

H7198

a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris

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to me and every

לָשׁוֹן

lâshôwn

H3956

the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,...

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shall

יָדָה

yâdâh

H3034

physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the ha...

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to

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

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...

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Key Terms in This Verse

knee H86

אַבְרֵךְ ʼabrêk

kneel

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confess H3034

יָדָה yâdâh

physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)

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bow H7198

קֶשֶׁת qesheth

a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris

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tongue H3956

לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn

the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)

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live H2421

חָיָה châyâh

to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

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written H3789

כָּתַב kâthab

to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)

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saith H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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God H430

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 deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...

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Lord H3068

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Cross References

Psalm 72:11 cross-reference

Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

Romans 10:9 cross-reference

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Isaiah 49:18 cross-reference

Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bin...

Matthew 10:32 cross-reference

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

Romans 15:9 cross-reference

And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.

Revelation 5:14 cross-reference

And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

Numbers 14:21 cross-reference

But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.

Zephaniah 2:9 cross-reference

Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desol...

Ezekiel 5:11 cross-reference

Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither s...

Numbers 14:28 cross-reference

Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

Jeremiah 22:24 cross-reference

As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;

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