Romans
Romans 4:3
3For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”a
Footnotes
- a 4:3 Genesis 15:6|GEN 15:6
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.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | γὰρ | gar | Conjunction | G1063 for |
| what | τί | ti | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G5101 who, which, what |
| the | ἡ | hē | Article - Nominative Feminine Singular | G3588 the |
| Scripture | γραφὴ | graphē | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G1124 a writing, passage of scripture, the scriptures |
| say | λέγει | legei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G3004 I say, speak |
| Abraham | Ἀβραὰμ | Abraam | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G11 Abraham |
| believed | Ἐπίστευσεν | Episteusen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G4100 I believe, have faith in |
| God | Θεῷ | Theō | Noun - Dative Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| it was credited | ἐλογίσθη | elogisthē | Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G3049 I reckon, count, decide |
| to him | αὐτῷ | autō | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| as | εἰς | eis | Preposition | G1519 into, in, among, till, for |
| righteousness | δικαιοσύνην | dikaiosynēn | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G1343 justice, justness, righteousness |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Genesis 15:6 · James 2:23 · Galatians 3:6–8 · Romans 4:9 · Romans 4:22–25 · Romans 4:5 · Romans 4:11 · Psalm 106:31 · Romans 11:2 · Romans 10:11
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.