Romans 3:8
New Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בָּחַר
bâchar
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
English grammatical function word ('slanderously'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equiv...
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
φημί
phēmí
to show or make known one's thoughts, i.e. speak or say
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
κρίσις
krísis
decision (subjectively or objectively, for or against); by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice (especially, divine law)
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('slanderously'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they a...
Study GRAM →κρίσις krísis
decision (subjectively or objectively, for or against); by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice (especially, divine law)
Study G2920 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Study H834 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →Cross References
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
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.
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our...
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
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