Romans
Romans 13:7
7Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
Word by word
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay | ἀπόδοτε | apodote | Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G591 I give back, return, sell |
| everyone | πᾶσιν | pasin | Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
| what | τὰς | tas | Article - Accusative Feminine Plural | G3588 the |
| you owe | ὀφειλάς | opheilas | Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural | G3782 a debt, duty |
| taxes | φόρον | phoron | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G5411 a tax, tribute |
| to whom | τῷ | tō | Article - Dative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| taxes | φόρον | phoron | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G5411 a tax, tribute |
| revenue | τέλος | telos | Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G5056 an end, purpose, tax |
| to whom | τῷ | tō | Article - Dative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| revenue | τέλος | telos | Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G5056 an end, purpose, tax |
| respect | φόβον | phobon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G5401 fear, terror, reverence |
| to whom | τῷ | tō | Article - Dative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| respect | φόβον | phobon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G5401 fear, terror, reverence |
| honor | τιμήν | timēn | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G5092 a price, honor |
| to whom | τῷ | tō | Article - Dative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| honor | τιμὴν | timēn | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G5092 a price, honor |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Luke 20:25 · Proverbs 24:21 · 1 Peter 2:17–18 · Matthew 17:25 · Matthew 22:21 · 1 Timothy 5:17 · Ephesians 6:5 · 1 Peter 3:7 · Leviticus 19:32 · Ephesians 6:2–3 · Leviticus 19:3 · Luke 23:2
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.