Romans 7:1
Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?
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ASV
Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth?
KJV
Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
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Commentary
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ἢ | Ē | Or | G2228 → |
| ἀγνοεῖτε, | agnoeite | are you ignorant, | G50 → |
| ἀδελφοί, | adelphoi | brothers — | G80 → |
| γινώσκουσιν | ginōskousin | to those knowing | G1097 → |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → |
| νόμον | nomon | law | G3551 → |
| λαλῶ, | lalō | I speak — | G2980 → |
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 → |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → |
| νόμος | nomos | law | G3551 → |
| κυριεύει | kurieuei | rules | G2961 → |
| τοῦ | tou | over the | G3588 → |
| ἀνθρώπου | anthrōpou | man | G444 → |
| ἐφ᾽ | eph᾽ | for | G1909 → |
| ὅσον | hoson | as long as | G3745 → |
| χρόνον | chronon | [the] time | G5550 → |
| ζῇ; | zēa | he is alive? | G2198 → |
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