Bible Verse Dictionary
Romans 8:20 - of
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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For | G1063 | γάρ |
[Conjunction] properly assigning a reason (used in argument explanation or intensification; often with other particles) |
the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
creature | G2937 | κτίσις |
[Noun Feminine] original formation (properly the act; by implication the thing literally or figuratively) |
was made subject | G5293 | ὑποτάσσω |
[Verb] to subordinate; reflexively to obey |
to vanity | G3153 | ματαιότης |
[Noun Feminine] inutility; figuratively transientness; morally depravity |
not | G3756 | οὐ |
the absolutely negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not |
willingly | G1635 | ἑκών |
[Adjective] voluntary |
but | G235 | ἀλλά |
[Conjunction] properly other things that is (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations) |
by reason of | G1223 | διά |
[Preposition] through (in very wide applications local causal or occasional). In composition it retains the same general import |
him who hath subjected | G5293 | ὑποτάσσω |
[Verb] to subordinate; reflexively to obey |
the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
same in | G1909 | ἐπί |
[Preposition] of rest (with the dative case) at on etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards upon etc.: about (the times) above after against among as long as (touching) at beside X-(idiom) have charge of (be- [where-]) fore in (a place as much as the time of -to) (because) of (up-) on (behalf of) over (by for) the space of through (-out) (un-) to (-ward) with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import at |
hope | G1680 | ἐλπίς |
[Noun Feminine] expectation (abstract or concrete) or confidence |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.