Romans 9:4

New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;"

Word-by-Word Analysis

Who are

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl

H3478

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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to whom

כְּלִי

kᵉlîy

H3627

something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)

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the

υἱοθεσία

huiothesía

G5206

the placing as a son, i.e. adoption (figuratively, Christian sonship in respect to God)

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and the

כָּבוֹד

kâbôwd

H3519

properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness

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and the

διαθήκη

diathḗkē

G1242

properly, a disposition, i.e. (specially) a contract (especially a devisory will)

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and the

נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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of the

תּוֹרָה

tôwrâh

H8451

a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch

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and the

עֲבֹדָה

ʻăbôdâh

H5656

work of any kind

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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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and the

ἐπαγγελία

epangelía

G1860

an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good)

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Key Terms in This Verse

covenants G1242

διαθήκη diathḗkē

properly, a disposition, i.e. (specially) a contract (especially a devisory will)

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adoption G5206

υἱοθεσία huiothesía

the placing as a son, i.e. adoption (figuratively, Christian sonship in respect to God)

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pertaineth H3627

כְּלִי kᵉlîy

something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)

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promises G1860

ἐπαγγελία epangelía

an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good)

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Israelites H3478

יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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giving H5414

נָתַן nâthan

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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service H5656

עֲבֹדָה ʻăbôdâh

work of any kind

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glory H3519

כָּבוֹד kâbôwd

properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness

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law H8451

תּוֹרָה tôwrâh

a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch

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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

Ephesians 2:12 cross-reference

That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

Psalm 147:19 cross-reference

He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

Romans 9:6 cross-reference

Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:

Genesis 17:2 cross-reference

And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

Deuteronomy 7:6 cross-reference

For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

Exodus 4:22 cross-reference

And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

Acts 2:39 cross-reference

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.

Hebrews 9:1 cross-reference

Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.

1 Kings 8:11 cross-reference

So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.

Romans 8:15 cross-reference

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

Psalm 89:3 cross-reference

I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

John 1:17 cross-reference

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

Deuteronomy 14:1 cross-reference

Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

Genesis 17:7 cross-reference

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

Jeremiah 31:33 cross-reference

But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God...

Psalm 73:1 cross-reference

Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

Hosea 11:1 cross-reference

When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

Psalm 89:34 cross-reference

My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

Deuteronomy 29:14 cross-reference

Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;

Jeremiah 31:20 cross-reference

Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the...

Matthew 21:33 cross-reference

Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into...

Exodus 34:27 cross-reference

And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.

John 1:47 cross-reference

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

Jeremiah 31:9 cross-reference

They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel,...

Genesis 32:28 cross-reference

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

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