Romans 3:4

New Testament • 15 words with Strong's data

"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."

Word-by-Word Analysis

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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חָלִילָה

châlîylâh

H2486

literal fora profaned thing; used (interj.) far be it!

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אִלּוּ

ʼillûw

H432

nay, i.e. (softened) if

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שָׁאַר

shâʼar

H7604

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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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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be

אֶמֶת

ʼemeth

H571

stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness

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but every

אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

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)

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a

שֶׁקֶר

sheqer

H8267

an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)

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as it is

כָּתַב

kâthab

H3789

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

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That thou

ἄν

án

G302

.

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be

צָדַק

tsâdaq

H6663

to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)

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in thy

דָּבָר

dâbâr

H1697

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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and

ἄν

án

G302

.

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גּוּד

gûwd

H1464

to crowd upon, i.e. attack

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when thou art

שָׁפַט

shâphaṭ

H8199

to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literall...

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Key Terms in This Verse

liar H8267

שֶׁקֶר sheqer

an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)

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mightest G302

ἄν án

.

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mightest G302

ἄν án

.

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overcome H1464

גּוּד gûwd

to crowd upon, i.e. attack

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sayings H1697

דָּבָר dâbâr

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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forbid H2486

חָלִילָה châlîylâh

literal fora profaned thing; used (interj.) far be it!

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justified H6663

צָדַק tsâdaq

to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)

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judged H8199

שָׁפַט shâphaṭ

to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)

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true H571

אֶמֶת ʼemeth

stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness

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written H3789

כָּתַב kâthab

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

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Cross References

Psalm 51:4 cross-reference

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

Psalm 116:11 cross-reference

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

Galatians 2:17 cross-reference

But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.

Hebrews 6:18 cross-reference

That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

Titus 1:2 cross-reference

In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

Deuteronomy 32:4 cross-reference

He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

John 3:33 cross-reference

He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.

Job 36:3 cross-reference

I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

Psalm 138:2 cross-reference

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Psalm 119:160 cross-reference

Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

Revelation 3:7 cross-reference

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man...

Romans 9:14 cross-reference

What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

Psalm 100:5 cross-reference

For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

Job 40:8 cross-reference

Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

Micah 7:20 cross-reference

Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

Galatians 2:21 cross-reference

I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

Matthew 11:19 cross-reference

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

Romans 3:31 cross-reference

Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Romans 6:15 cross-reference

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

Galatians 6:14 cross-reference

But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

Romans 11:1 cross-reference

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.

Luke 20:16 cross-reference

He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

2 Corinthians 1:18 cross-reference

But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.

Romans 7:7 cross-reference

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

Romans 6:2 cross-reference

God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

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