Romans 7:4

New Testament • 16 words with Strong's data

"Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God."

Word-by-Word Analysis

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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my

אָח

ʼâch

H251

a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))

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ye also are

הָיָה

hâyâh

H1961

to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

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מוּת

mûwth

H4191

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

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to the

תּוֹרָה

tôwrâh

H8451

a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch

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by the

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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of

Χριστός

Christós

G5547

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

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that ye should be

בָּעַל

bâʻal

H1166

to be master; hence, to marry

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to

אַחֵר

ʼachêr

H312

properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.

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עֶרֶב

ʻereb

H6153

dusk

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to him who is

קוּם

qûwm

H6965

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

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from the

מוּת

mûwth

H4191

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

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that we should

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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יָצָא

yâtsâʼ

H3318

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

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פְּרִי

pᵉrîy

H6529

fruit (literally or figuratively)

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unto

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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Key Terms in This Verse

married H1166

בָּעַל bâʻal

to be master; hence, to marry

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raised H6965

קוּם qûwm

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

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become H1961

הָיָה hâyâh

to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

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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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fruit H6529

פְּרִי pᵉrîy

fruit (literally or figuratively)

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Wherefore 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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dead H4191

מוּת mûwth

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

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dead H4191

מוּת mûwth

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

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another H312

אַחֵר ʼachêr

properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.

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law H8451

תּוֹרָה tôwrâh

a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch

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Cross References

1 Peter 2:24 cross-reference

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

Isaiah 54:5 cross-reference

For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

Romans 8:2 cross-reference

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

Romans 7:6 cross-reference

But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

Ephesians 2:15 cross-reference

Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

Galatians 5:18 cross-reference

But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

Colossians 1:22 cross-reference

In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

Romans 6:22 cross-reference

But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

Galatians 3:13 cross-reference

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

Romans 6:14 cross-reference

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

Colossians 2:14 cross-reference

Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

Colossians 1:10 cross-reference

That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Philippians 1:11 cross-reference

Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

Romans 6:2 cross-reference

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

Revelation 19:7 cross-reference

Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

Colossians 1:6 cross-reference

Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

Matthew 26:26 cross-reference

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

Philippians 4:17 cross-reference

Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

Colossians 2:20 cross-reference

Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,

John 3:29 cross-reference

He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

1 Corinthians 10:16 cross-reference

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

Revelation 21:9 cross-reference

And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.

Isaiah 62:5 cross-reference

For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

Hebrews 10:10 cross-reference

By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

2 Corinthians 11:2 cross-reference

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

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