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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
2 Corinthians 11:7 - Means
2 Corinthians 11:7 - Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?
| Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Have I committed | G4160 | ποιέω |
[Verb] to make or do (in a very wide application more or less direct) |
| an offence | G266 | ἁμαρτία |
[Noun Feminine] sin (properly abstract) |
| in abasing | G5013 | ταπεινόω |
[Verb] to depress; figuratively to humiliate (in condition or heart) |
| myself | G1683 | ἐμαυτοῦ |
of myself |
| that | G2443 | ἵνα |
[Conjunction] compare G3588); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result) |
| ye | G5210 | ὑμεῖς |
you (as subject of verb) |
| might be exalted | G5312 | ὑψόω |
[Verb] to elevate (literally or figuratively) |
| because | G3754 | ὅτι |
[Conjunction] demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because |
| I have preached | G2097 | εὐαγγελίζω |
[Verb] to announce good news ( |
| to you | G5213 | ὑμῖν |
to (with or by) you |
| the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
| gospel | G2098 | εὐαγγέλιον |
[Noun Neuter] a good message that is the gospel |
| of God | G2316 | θεός |
[Noun Masculine] a deity especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively a magistrate; by Hebraism very |
| freely | G1432 | δωρεάν |
[Adjective] gratuitously (literally or figuratively) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.