Bible Verse Dictionary
Romans 14:20 - Pure
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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For | G1752 | ἕνεκα |
[Preposition] on account of |
meat | G1033 | βρῶμα |
[Noun Neuter] food (literally or figuratively) especially (ceremonial) articles allowed or forbiden by the Jewish law |
destroy | G2647 | καταλύω |
[Verb] to loosen down (disintegrate) that is (by implication) to demolish (literally or figuratively); specifically (compare G2646) to halt for the night |
not | G3361 | μή |
(adverbially) not (conjugationally) lest; also (as interrogitive implying a negative answer [whereas G3756 expects an affirmative one]); whether |
the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
work | G2041 | ἔργον |
[Noun Neuter] to work); toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication an act |
of God | G2316 | θεός |
[Noun Masculine] a deity especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively a magistrate; by Hebraism very |
All things | G3956 | πᾶς |
[Adjective] apparently a primary word; all any: every the whole |
indeed | G3303 | μέν |
properly indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause with G1161 (this one the former etc. |
are pure | G2513 | καθαρός |
[Adjective] clean (literally or figuratively) |
but | G235 | ἀλλά |
[Conjunction] properly other things that is (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations) |
it is evil | G2556 | κακός |
[Adjective] worthless (intrinsically such; whereas G4190 properly refers to effects) that is (subjectively) depraved or (objectively) injurious |
for | G1752 | ἕνεκα |
[Preposition] on account of |
that man | G444 | ἄνθρωπος |
[Noun Masculine] from G3700); manfaced that is a human being |
who eateth | G2068 | ἐσθίω |
[Verb] used only in certain tenses the rest being supplied by G5315; to eat (usually literally) |
with | G1223 | διά |
[Preposition] through (in very wide applications local causal or occasional). In composition it retains the same general import |
offence | G4348 | πρόσκομμα |
[Noun Neuter] a stub that is (figuratively) occasion of apostasy |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.