Romans 6:23

New Testament • 11 words with Strong's data

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For the

מַשְׂכֹּרֶת

maskôreth

H4909

wages or a reward

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of

חַטָּאָה

chaṭṭâʼâh

H2403

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

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מָוֶת

mâveth

H4194

death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin

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but the

שַׁחַד

shachad

H7810

a donation (venal or redemptive)

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of

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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is

קֶדֶם

qedem

H6924

the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)

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חַי

chay

H2416

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...

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עָבַר

ʻâbar

H5674

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...

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Ἰησοῦς

Iēsoûs

G2424

Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites

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Χριστός

Christós

G5547

anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus

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our

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Key Terms in This Verse

wages H4909

מַשְׂכֹּרֶת maskôreth

wages or a reward

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eternal H6924

קֶדֶם qedem

the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)

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gift H7810

שַׁחַד shachad

a donation (venal or redemptive)

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death H4194

מָוֶת mâveth

death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin

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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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life H2416

חַי chay

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively

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through H5674

עָבַר ʻâbar

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)

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Christ G5547

Χριστός Christós

anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus

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Jesus G2424

Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs

Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites

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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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Cross References

John 3:36 cross-reference

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

Romans 5:12 cross-reference

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

James 1:15 cross-reference

Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

John 6:40 cross-reference

And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

Ezekiel 18:20 cross-reference

The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and...

Matthew 25:46 cross-reference

And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

John 5:24 cross-reference

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

Ezekiel 18:4 cross-reference

Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

Romans 2:7 cross-reference

To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

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.

Genesis 2:17 cross-reference

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

John 10:28 cross-reference

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

Revelation 21:8 cross-reference

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimst...

Titus 1:2 cross-reference

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

Romans 5:17 cross-reference

For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

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?

John 17:2 cross-reference

As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

Isaiah 3:11 cross-reference

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

John 6:27 cross-reference

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

John 6:68 cross-reference

Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

Genesis 3:19 cross-reference

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

John 4:14 cross-reference

But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

Galatians 3:10 cross-reference

For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

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