Romans 6:12

New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data

"Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof."

Word-by-Word Analysis

שָׁאַר

shâʼar

H7604

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

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not

חַטָּאָה

chaṭṭâʼâh

H2403

an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender

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כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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מַלְכוּת

malkûwth

H4438

a rule; concretely, a dominion

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in your

מָמוֹת

mâmôwth

H4463

a mortal disease; concretely, a corpse

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נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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that ye should

שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ

H8085

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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it in the

ἐπιθυμία

epithymía

G1939

a longing (especially for what is forbidden)

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חָלַל

châlal

H2490

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...

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Key Terms in This Verse

mortal H4463

מָמוֹת mâmôwth

a mortal disease; concretely, a corpse

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lusts G1939

ἐπιθυμία epithymía

a longing (especially for what is forbidden)

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obey H8085

שָׁמַע shâmaʻ

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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reign H4438

מַלְכוּת malkûwth

a rule; concretely, a dominion

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body H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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sin H2403

חַטָּאָה chaṭṭâʼâh

an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender

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thereof H2490

חָלַל châlal

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)

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therefore H3651

כֵּן kên

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

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Let H7604

שָׁאַר shâʼar

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

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Cross References

Galatians 5:16 cross-reference

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Romans 6:16 cross-reference

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Romans 8:13 cross-reference

For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

Galatians 5:24 cross-reference

And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

2 Timothy 2:22 cross-reference

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Psalm 19:13 cross-reference

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

1 Peter 2:11 cross-reference

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Ephesians 4:22 cross-reference

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

2 Corinthians 4:11 cross-reference

For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

Ephesians 2:3 cross-reference

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

Romans 13:14 cross-reference

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

Titus 2:12 cross-reference

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

Romans 2:8 cross-reference

But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

Psalm 119:133 cross-reference

Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Numbers 33:55 cross-reference

But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and...

Romans 5:21 cross-reference

That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Peter 1:14 cross-reference

As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

Romans 6:14 cross-reference

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Deuteronomy 7:2 cross-reference

And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

Titus 3:3 cross-reference

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

1 Thessalonians 4:5 cross-reference

Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

Jude 1:18 cross-reference

How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

Judges 2:3 cross-reference

Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.

Romans 8:11 cross-reference

But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Jude 1:16 cross-reference

These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.

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