Bible Verse Dictionary
Romans 9:3 - Flesh
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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For | G1063 | γάρ |
[Conjunction] properly assigning a reason (used in argument explanation or intensification; often with other particles) |
I | G1473 | ἐγώ |
A primary pronoun of the first person |
could wish | G2172 | εὔχομαι |
[Verb] to wish; by implication to pray to God |
that myself | G848 | αὑτοῦ |
self (in some oblique case or reflexive relation) |
were | G1511 | εἶναι |
[Verb] to exist |
accursed | G331 | ἀνάθεμα |
[Noun Neuter] a (religious) ban or (concretely) excommunicated (thing or person) |
from | G575 | ἀπό |
|
Christ | G5547 | Χριστός |
[Adjective] anointed that is the Messiah an epithet of Jesus |
for | G1063 | γάρ |
[Conjunction] properly assigning a reason (used in argument explanation or intensification; often with other particles) |
my | G3450 | μοῦ |
of me |
brethren | G80 | ἀδελφός |
[Noun Masculine] a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like [H1]) |
my | G3450 | μοῦ |
of me |
kinsmen | G4773 | συγγενής |
[Adjective] a relative (by blood); by extension a fellow countryman |
according | G2596 | κατά |
[Preposition] (preposition) down (in place or time) in varied relations (according to the case [genitive dative or accusative] with which it is joined) |
to the flesh | G4561 | σάρξ |
[Noun Feminine] flesh (as stripped of the skin) that is (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food) or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit) or as the symbol of what is external or as the means of kindred or (by implication) human nature (with its frailties (physically or morally) and passions) or (specifically) a human being (as such) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.