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Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
ἘλευθερωθέντεςEleutherōthentesHaving been set free
Lemma: ἐλευθερόω (eleutheroō) · Strong's: G1659
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Passive · Participle · Nominative · Plural · Masculine (V-APP-NPM)
Meaning: to set free — ἐλευθερόω, -ῶ ; [in LXX: Pro.25:10. 2Ma.1:27 2Mac 2:22 * ; ] ; to make free from sin, Jhn.8:32, 36; before ἀπό, Rom.6:18, 22 8:2, 21; τ. ἐλευθερία (dative commodi), Gal.5:1 (on the "punctiliar" force of this verb, see…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 7 times. Also: John 8:32, John 8:36, Romans 6:22, Romans 8:2, Romans 8:21, Galatians 5:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1659; TFLSJ G1659; TAGNT Romans 6:18 word 1
δὲdenow
Lemma: δέ (de) · Strong's: G1161
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: then — δέ (before vowels δ᾽; on the general neglect of the elision in NT, see WH, App., 146; Tdf., Pr., 96), ; post-positive conjunctive particle; 1. copulative, but, in the next place, and, now (Abbott, JG, 104): Mat.1:2ff.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 2921 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1161; TFLSJ G1161; TAGNT Romans 6:18 word 2
ἀπὸapofrom
Lemma: ἀπό (apo) · Strong's: G0575
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: away from — ἀπό (on the frequently neglect of elision bef. vowels, see Tdf., Pr., 94, WH, App., 146), ; prep. with genitive (WM, 462ff.; on its relation to ἐκ, παρά, ὑπό, ib. 456f.), [in LXX for לְ ,בְּ ,מִן ; ] ; from (i.e. from…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 677 times. Also: Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:21, Matthew 1:24, Matthew 2:1, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0575; TFLSJ G0575; TAGNT Romans 6:18 word 3
τῆςtēs<the>
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Genitive · Singular · Feminine (T-GSF)
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.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
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 6:18 word 4
ἁμαρτίαςhamartiassin
Lemma: ἁμαρτία (hamartia) · Strong's: G0266
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Singular · Feminine (N-GSF)
Meaning: sin — ἁμαρτία, -ας, ἡ ; (ἁμαρτάνω, which see), [in LXX chiefly for חַטָּאת and cogn. forms, also for פֶּשַׁע ,עָוֹן, etc. ; ] ; prop. a missing the mark; in cl. (see reff. to CR in MM, VGT, see word); (a) guilt, sin (Plat.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 174 times. Also: Matthew 1:21, Matthew 3:6, Matthew 9:2, Matthew 9:5, Matthew 9:6, Matthew 12:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0266; TFLSJ G0266; TAGNT Romans 6:18 word 5
ἐδουλώθητεedoulōthēteyou have become slaves
Lemma: δουλόω (douloō) · Strong's: G1402
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Passive · Indicative · 2nd · Plural (V-API-2P)
Meaning: to enslave — δουλόω, -ῶ; (δοῦλος), [in LXX for עָבַד ; ] ; to enslave, bring into bondage: Act.7:6 (LXX), 2Pe.2:19; metaphorically, 1Co.9:19; pass., before ἐν, 1Co.7:15; τ. θεῷ, Rom.6:22; τ. δικαιοσύνῃ, Rom.6:18; οἴνῳ, Tit.2:3; ὑπὸ…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 8 times. Also: Acts 7:6, Romans 6:22, 1 Corinthians 7:15, 1 Corinthians 9:19, Galatians 4:3, Titus 2:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1402; TFLSJ G1402; TAGNT Romans 6:18 word 6
τῇtēa<the>
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Dative · Singular · Feminine (T-DSF)
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.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
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 6:18 word 7
δικαιοσύνῃ.¶dikaiosunēto righteousness.
Lemma: δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosunē) · Strong's: G1343
Parsing: Noun · Dative · Singular · Feminine (N-DSF)
Meaning: righteousness — δικαιοσύνη, -ης, ἡ; (δίκαιος), [in LXX chiefly for צֶדֶק, and cognates, Gen.15:6, al., rarely for חֶסֶד, Gen.19:19 ; ] ; the character of ὁ δίκαιος (which see) ; 1. in broad sense, righteousness, conformity to the…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 94 times. Also: Matthew 3:15, Matthew 5:6, Matthew 5:10, Matthew 5:20, Matthew 6:1, Matthew 6:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1343; TFLSJ G1343; TAGNT Romans 6:18 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You have been set free | → | ἐλευθερόω G1659 to set free |
| from | → | ἀπό G0575 away from |
| sin | → | ἁμαρτία G0266 sin |
| [and] have become slaves | → | δουλόω G1402 to enslave |
| to righteousness | → | δικαιοσύνη G1343 righteousness |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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