Romans
Romans 11:13–14
13I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry 14in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Romans 11:13
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I am speaking | λέγω | legō | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G3004 I say, speak |
| to you | Ὑμῖν | Hymin | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
| Gentiles | ἔθνεσιν | ethnesin | Noun - Dative Neuter Plural | G1484 a race, people, the Gentiles |
| Inasmuch | ἐφ’ | eph’ | Preposition | G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at |
| I | ἐγὼ | egō | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| am | εἰμι | eimi | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| apostle | ἀπόστολος | apostolos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G652 an apostle, a messenger, an envoy, a delegate |
| to | ἐθνῶν | ethnōn | Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural | G1484 a race, people, the Gentiles |
| I magnify | δοξάζω | doxazō | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G1392 I glorify, honor, bestow glory on |
| my | μου | mou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| ministry | διακονίαν | diakonian | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G1248 waiting at table, service, ministration |
Romans 11:14
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| in the hope that | εἴ | ei | Conjunction | G1487 if |
| I may provoke | παραζηλώσω | parazēlōsō | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G3863 I make jealous |
| my | μου | mou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| people | σάρκα | sarka | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G4561 flesh, body |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| save | σώσω | sōsō | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G4982 I save, heal |
| some | τινὰς | tinas | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural | G5100 any one, some one |
| of | ἐξ | ex | Preposition | G1537 from out, out from among, from |
| them | αὐτῶν | autōn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Romans 11:13 Acts 9:15 · 2 Timothy 1:11–12 · Galatians 1:16 · Romans 15:16–19 · 1 Timothy 2:7 · Ephesians 3:8 · Acts 13:2 · Acts 22:21 · Galatians 2:2 · Galatians 2:7–9 · Acts 26:17–18
Romans 11:14 1 Corinthians 7:16 · 1 Timothy 4:16 · Romans 9:3 · Titus 3:5 · 1 Timothy 2:4 · 1 Corinthians 9:20–22 · Romans 11:11 · 2 Timothy 2:10 · 1 Corinthians 1:21 · Philemon 1:12 · James 5:20
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.