Romans

Romans 7:8

⁸But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But	δὲ	de	Conjunction	G1161 but, on the other hand, and
sin	ἁμαρτία	hamartia	Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular	G266 a sin
seizing	λαβοῦσα	labousa	Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular	G2983 I receive, take
opportunity	ἀφορμὴν	aphormēn	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G874 an occasion, opportunity
through	διὰ	dia	Preposition	G1223 through, on account of
the	τῆς	tēs	Article - Genitive Feminine Singular	G3588 the
commandment	ἐντολῆς	entolēs	Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular	G1785 an ordinance, injunction, command
produced	κατειργάσατο	kateirgasato	Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular	G2716 I work out, produce, accomplish
in	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
me	ἐμοὶ	emoi	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular	G1473 I
every kind	πᾶσαν	pasan	Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3956 all, the whole, every kind of
of covetous desire	ἐπιθυμίαν	epithymian	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G1939 desire, eagerness for, inordinate desire, lust
For	γὰρ	gar	Conjunction	G1063 for
apart from	χωρὶς	chōris	Preposition	G5565 apart from, without
law	νόμου	nomou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3551 a law, the Mosaic Law
sin	ἁμαρτία	hamartia	Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular	G266 a sin
dead	νεκρά	nekra	Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular	G3498 dead, a corpse

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