Romans 2:18 Go deeper

And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; (KJV)

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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.

καὶkaiand

Lemma: καί (kai) · Strong's: G2532

Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)

Meaning: and — καί, ; conj., ; and ; I. Copulative. ; 1. Connecting single words; (a) in general: Mat.2:18, 16:1, Mrk.2:15, Luk.8:15, Heb.1:1, al. mult.; repeated before each of the terms in a series, Mat.23:23, Luk.14:21, Rom.7:12,…

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Used 9450 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2532; TFLSJ G2532; TAGNT Romans 2:18 word 1

γινώσκειςginōskeisknow

Lemma: γινώσκω (ginōskō) · Strong's: G1097

Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Indicative · 2nd · Singular (V-PAI-2S)

Meaning: to know — γινώσκω (= γιγν-: see previous word. So also vulgar Attic, in Inscr., see Thumb, MGV, 207), ; [in LXX chiefly for ידע ; ] ; to be taking in knowledge, come to know, recognize, perceive, understand; in past tenses to…

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Used 220 times. Also: Matthew 1:25, Matthew 6:3, Matthew 7:23, Matthew 9:30, Matthew 10:26, Matthew 12:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1097; TFLSJ G1097; TAGNT Romans 2:18 word 2

τὸtothe

Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588

Parsing: Definite article · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (T-ASN)

Meaning: the/this/who — ὁ, ἡ, τό, ; the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article. ; I. As demonstr. pron. ; 1. As frequently in Hom.,…

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Used 20654 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3588; TFLSJ G3588; TAGNT Romans 2:18 word 3

θέλημαthelēmawill

Lemma: θέλημα (thelēma) · Strong's: G2307

Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (N-ASN)

Meaning: will/desire — θέλημα, -τος, τό; (θέλω), [in LXX chiefly for חָפֵץ, also for רָצוֹן, etc. ; ] ; will, ; (a) objectively = that which is willed: Mat.18:14, Luk.12:47, Jhn.5:30, 1Co.7:37, 1Th.5:18, 2Ti.2:26, Heb.10:10, Rev.4:11; θ. τ.…

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Used 63 times. Also: Matthew 6:10, Matthew 7:21, Matthew 12:50, Matthew 18:14, Matthew 21:31, Matthew 26:42 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2307; TFLSJ G2307; TAGNT Romans 2:18 word 4

καὶkaiand

Lemma: καί (kai) · Strong's: G2532

Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)

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Used 9450 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2532; TFLSJ G2532; TAGNT Romans 2:18 word 5

δοκιμάζειςdokimazeisapprove

Lemma: δοκιμάζω (dokimazō) · Strong's: G1381

Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Indicative · 2nd · Singular (V-PAI-2S)

Meaning: to test — δοκιμάζω; (δόκιμος), [in LXX chiefly for בָּחַן ; ] ; 1. primarily of metals (Pro.8:10 17:3, Sir.2:5, Wis.3:6), to test, try, prove (in the hope and expectation that the test will prove successful, see reff. s. Syn.):…

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Used 22 times. Also: Luke 12:56, Luke 14:19, Romans 1:28, Romans 12:2, Romans 14:22, 1 Corinthians 3:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1381; TFLSJ G1381; TAGNT Romans 2:18 word 6

τὰtathe [things]

Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588

Parsing: Definite article · Accusative · Plural · Neuter (T-APN)

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Used 20654 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3588; TFLSJ G3588; TAGNT Romans 2:18 word 7

διαφέρονταdiapherontabeing superior

Lemma: διαφέρω (diapherō) · Strong's: G1308

Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Participle · Accusative · Plural · Neuter (V-PAP-APN)

Meaning: to spread/surpass — δια-φέρω ; [in LXX for שְׁנָא (שְׁנָא (Dan.7:1-28 only); 1Ki.17:39, Est.3:13, al. ; ] ; 1. trans., ; (a) to carry through: before διά, Mrk.11:16; (b) to carry about, spread abroad: pass., Act.13:49 27:27. ; 2. Intrans.,…

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Used 13 times. Also: Matthew 6:26, Matthew 10:31, Matthew 12:12, Mark 11:16, Luke 12:7, Luke 12:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1308; TFLSJ G1308; TAGNT Romans 2:18 word 8

κατηχούμενοςkatēchoumenosbeing instructed

Lemma: κατηχέω (katēcheō) · Strong's: G2727

Parsing: Verb · Present · Passive · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (V-PPP-NSM)

Meaning: to instruct — κατ-ηχέω, -ῶ ; 1. to resound. ; 2. to teach by word of mouth, instruct, inform (see 131., Phil. Gosp., 20, 31): Gal.6:6; with accusative of person(s), 1Co.14:19; pass. with accusative of thing(s), Luk.1:4 (ICC, in l),…

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Used 8 times. Also: Luke 1:4, Acts 18:25, Acts 21:21, Acts 21:24, 1 Corinthians 14:19, Galatians 6:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2727; TFLSJ G2727; TAGNT Romans 2:18 word 9

ἐκekout of

Lemma: ἐκ (ek) · Strong's: G1537

Parsing: Preposition (PREP)

Meaning: out from — ἐκ (ἐξ), ; prep. with genitive, ; from out of, from (see Addendum, p. 492).; This entry is included here, but in the print version the entry is found on p. 492. ἐκ, before a vowel ἐξ, ; prep. with genitive, ; of motion…

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Used 929 times. Also: Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:16, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1537; TFLSJ G1537; TAGNT Romans 2:18 word 10

τοῦtouthe

Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588

Parsing: Definite article · Genitive · Singular · Masculine (T-GSM)

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Used 20654 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3588; TFLSJ G3588; TAGNT Romans 2:18 word 11

νόμου·nomoulaw;

Lemma: νόμος (nomos) · Strong's: G3551

Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Singular · Masculine (N-GSM)

Meaning: law — νόμος, -ου, ὁ ; (νέμω, to deal out, distribute), [in LXX chiefly for תּוֹרָה, also for חֻקָּה, etc. ; ] ; that which is assigned, hence, usage, custom, then law; in NT (only in Mt, Jo, Ja, and the Lucan and Pauline…

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Used 198 times. Also: Matthew 5:17, Matthew 5:18, Matthew 7:12, Matthew 11:13, Matthew 12:5, Matthew 22:36 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3551; TFLSJ G3551; TAGNT Romans 2:18 word 12

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

[if you]	→	καί G2532 and
know	→	γινώσκω G1097 to know
[His]	→	ὁ G3588 the/this/who
will	→	θέλημα G2307 will/desire
and	→	καί G2532 and
approve	→	δοκιμάζω G1381 to test
of what	→	ὁ G3588 the/this/who
is superior	→	διαφέρω G1308 to spread/surpass
because you are instructed	→	κατηχέω G2727 to instruct
by	→	ἐκ G1537 out from
the	→	ὁ G3588 the/this/who
law	→	νόμος G3551 law

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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