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Romans 9:2

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I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,	That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.	For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

That^G3754 I^G3427 have^G2076 great^G3173 heaviness^G3077 and^G2532 continual^G88 sorrow in^G3601 my^G3450 heart^G2588.

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Original Greek

ὅτι λύπη μοι ἐστὶ μεγάλη, καὶ ἀδιάλειπτος ὀδύνη τῇ καρδίᾳ μου.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
ὅτι	hoti	G3754	CONJ	That
λύπη	lupē	G3077	N-NSF	heaviness
μοι	moi	G3427	P-1DS	I
ἐστὶ	esti	G2076	V-PAI-3S	have
μεγάλη,	megalē	G3173	A-NSF	great
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ	and
ἀδιάλειπτος	adialeiptos	G88	A-NSF	continual
ὀδύνη	odunē	G3601	N-NSF	sorrow in
τῇ	tē	G3588	T-DSF	*
καρδίᾳ	kardia	G2588	N-DSF	heart
μου.	mou	G3450	P-1GS	my

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G88 — ἀδιάλειπτος (adiáleiptos, ad-ee-al'-ipe-tos): unceasing, unremitting — from Α (as a negative particle) and a derivative of a compound of διά and λείπω; unintermitted, i.e. permanent:--without ceasing, continual.
• G2076 — ἐστί (estí, es-tee'): third person singular present indicative of εἰμί; he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are:--are, be(-long), call, X can(-not), come, consisteth, X dure for a while, + follow, X have, (that) is (to say), make, meaneth, X must needs, + profit, + remaineth, + wrestle.
• G2532 — καί (kaí, kahee): and, even, also, namely — apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
• G2588 — καρδία (kardía, kar-dee'-ah): the heart, inner life, intention — prolonged from a primary (Latin cor, "heart"); the heart, i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle:--(+ broken-)heart(-ed).
• G3077 — λύπη (lýpē, loo'-pay): pain, grief — apparently a primary word; sadness:--grief, grievous, + grudgingly, heaviness, sorrow.
• G3173 — μέγας (mégas, meg'-as): large, great — (including the prolonged forms, feminine , plural , etc.; compare also μέγιστος, μείζων); big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application):--(+ fear) exceedingly, great(-est), high, large, loud, mighty, + (be) sore (afraid), strong, X to years.
• G3427 — μοί (moí, moy): the simpler form of ἐμοί; to me:--I, me, mine, my.
• G3450 — μοῦ (moû, moo): the simpler form of ἐμοῦ; of me:--I, me, mine (own), my.
• G3601 — ὀδύνη (odýnē, od-oo'-nay): pain, distress — from δύνω; grief (as dejecting):--sorrow.
• G3754 — ὅτι (hóti, hot'-ee): that, since, because — neuter of ὅστις as conjunction; demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because:--as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (17): 2 Kings 8:11, 2 Kings 22:19, Ezra 10:1, Esther 8:6, Esther 10:3, Psalms 13:2, Psalms 31:10, Jeremiah 4:19, Ezekiel 19:14, Daniel 7:15, Daniel 10:2, John 11:35, John 13:21, 2 Corinthians 2:4, 2 Corinthians 6:10, 2 Corinthians 12:21, 1 Peter 1:6

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: EARNESTNESS-INDIFFERENCE
• Torrey’s: LOVE TO MAN
• Nave’s: LOVE, ZEAL, RELIGIOUS

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