Romans 2:22
New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
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)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
נָאַף
nâʼaph
to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize
μέλω
mélō
to be of interest to, i.e. to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
נָאַף
nâʼaph
to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize
βδελύσσω
bdelýssō
to be disgusted, i.e. (by implication) detest (especially of idolatry)
גִּלּוּל
gillûwl
properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol
μέλω
mélō
to be of interest to, i.e. to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
ἱεροσυλέω
hierosyléō
to be a temple-robber (figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
βδελύσσω bdelýssō
to be disgusted, i.e. (by implication) detest (especially of idolatry)
Study G948 →μέλω mélō
to be of interest to, i.e. to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters)
Study G3199 →μέλω mélō
to be of interest to, i.e. to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters)
Study G3199 →Cross References
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops i...
But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the...
And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.
And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith th...
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
Welcome to LOGOS Study
Your complete Bible study toolkit