Romans 4:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.”
Romans 4:17 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Romans 4:1723 words
καθὼςkathōsaccording to, (according, even) as
γέγραπταιgegraptaidescribe, write(-ing, -ten)
ὅτιhotithat / because
ΠατέραPaterafather, parent
πολλῶνpollōnmany / much
ἐθνῶνethnōnGentile, heathen, nation
τέθεικάtetheika+ advise, appoint, bow
σεseyou
κατέναντιkatenantibefore, over against
οὗhouwho / which
ἐπίστευσενepisteusenbelieve
θεοῦtheouGod
τοῦtouthe
ζῳοποιοῦντοςzōopoiountosmake alive, give life, quicken
τοὺςtousthe
νεκροὺςnekrousdead
καὶkaiand / also
καλοῦντοςkalountosbid, call (forth), (whose
τὰtathe
μὴmēnot
ὄνταontaam, have been, is I
ὡςhōsabout, after (that), (according) as (it ha…
ὄνταontaam, have been, is I
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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