Bible Verse Dictionary
Romans 9:32 - Works
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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Wherefore | G1302 | διατί |
through what cause? that is why? |
Because | G3754 | ὅτι |
[Conjunction] demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because |
they sought it not | G3756 | οὐ |
the absolutely negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not |
by | G1537 | ἐκ |
[Preposition] literally or figuratively; direct or remote) |
faith | G4102 | πίστις |
[Noun Feminine] persuasion that is credence; moral conviction (of religious truth or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher) especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly constancy in such profession; by extension the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself |
but | G235 | ἀλλά |
[Conjunction] properly other things that is (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations) |
as it were | G5613 | ὡς |
[Adverb] which how that is in that manner (very variously used as shown) |
by | G1537 | ἐκ |
[Preposition] literally or figuratively; direct or remote) |
the works | G2041 | ἔργον |
[Noun Neuter] to work); toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication an act |
of the law | G3551 | νόμος |
[Noun Masculine] law (through the idea of prescriptive usage) generally (regulation) specifically (of Moses [including the volume]; also of the Gospel) or figuratively (a principle) |
For | G1063 | γάρ |
[Conjunction] properly assigning a reason (used in argument explanation or intensification; often with other particles) |
they stumbled | G4350 | προσκόπτω |
[Verb] to strike at that is surge against (as water); specifically to stub on that is trip up (literally or figuratively) |
at that stumblingstone | G4348 | πρόσκομμα |
[Noun Neuter] a stub that is (figuratively) occasion of apostasy |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.