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That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
ὅτιhotithat
Lemma: ὅτι (hoti) · Strong's: G3754G
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: that/since: that — ὅτι, ; conjc. (prop. neut. of ὅστις). ; I. As conjc, introducing an objective clause, that; 1. after verbs of seeing, knowing, thinking, saying, feeling: Mat.3:9 6:32 11:25, Mrk.3:28, Luk.2:49, Jhn.2:22, Act.4:13,…
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Used 858 times. Also: Matthew 2:16, Matthew 2:22, Matthew 2:23, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 4:6, Matthew 4:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3754G; TFLSJ G3754G; TAGNT Romans 9:2 word 1
λύπηlupēgrief
Lemma: λύπη (lupē) · Strong's: G3077
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (N-NSF)
Meaning: grief — λύπη, -ης, ἡ ; [in LXX for עֶצֶב and cogn. forms, etc. ; ] ; pain of body or mind, grief, sorrow: Jhn.16:6, 2Co.2:7; opposite to χαρά, Jhn.16:20, Heb.12:11; ἀπὸ τῆς λ., Luk.22:45; ἐκ λ., 2Co.9:7; ἡ κατὰ θεὸν λ.,…
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Used 16 times. Also: Luke 22:45, John 16:6, John 16:20, John 16:21, John 16:22, 2 Corinthians 2:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3077; TFLSJ G3077; TAGNT Romans 9:2 word 2
μοίmoito me
Lemma: μέ (me) · Strong's: G3165
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 1st · Dative · Singular (P-1DS)
Meaning: me — 1. apostrophe for με. ; 2. rarely for μοι, (Homer) (ML)
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Used 2026 times. Also: Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 3:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3165; TFLSJ G3165; TAGNT Romans 9:2 word 3
ἐστινestinis
Lemma: εἰμί (eimi) · Strong's: G1510
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-PAI-3S)
Meaning: to be — εἰμί, ; with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be. ; I. As substantive verb. ; 1. Of persons and things, to be, exist: Act.17:28, Jhn.1:1, 8:58, 17:5, al; ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν (for past ptcp.), Rev.1:4,…
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Used 2406 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1510; TFLSJ G1510; TAGNT Romans 9:2 word 4
μεγάληmegalēgreat
Lemma: μέγας (megas) · Strong's: G3173
Parsing: Adjective · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (A-NSF)
Meaning: great — μέγας, μεγάλη, μέγα, ; [in LXX chiefly for גָּדוֹל, also for מַרְבֶּה ,רַב (incl. μείζων), רֹב (μέγιστος) ; ] ; great; 1. of external form, bodily size, measure, extent: λίθος, Mat.2:60; δράκων, Rev.12:3; ἰχθῦς,…
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Used 245 times. Also: Matthew 2:10, Matthew 4:16, Matthew 5:19, Matthew 5:35, Matthew 7:27, Matthew 8:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3173; TFLSJ G3173; TAGNT Romans 9:2 word 5
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,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
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 9:2 word 6
ἀδιάλειπτοςadialeiptosunceasing
Lemma: ἀδιάλειπτος (adialeiptos) · Strong's: G0088
Parsing: Adjective · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (A-NSF)
Meaning: continuous — ἀδιάλειπτος, -ον ; (διαλείπω), ; unremitting, incessant: Rom.9:2, 2Ti.1:3. (For exx., see MM, VGT, see word) †; (AS)
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Used 2 times. Also: 2 Timothy 1:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0088; TFLSJ G0088; TAGNT Romans 9:2 word 7
ὀδύνηodunēsorrow
Lemma: ὀδύνη (odunē) · Strong's: G3601
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (N-NSF)
Meaning: anguish — ὀδύνη, -ης, ἡ ; [in LXX for יָגוֹן, מַר, etc. (26 words in all) ; ] ; pain, distress, of body or mind : Rom.9:2, 1Ti.6:10.†; (AS)
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Used 2 times. Also: 1 Timothy 6:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3601; TFLSJ G3601; TAGNT Romans 9:2 word 8
τῇtēain 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 9:2 word 9
καρδίᾳkardiaheart
Lemma: καρδία (kardia) · Strong's: G2588
Parsing: Noun · Dative · Singular · Feminine (N-DSF)
Meaning: heart — καρδία, -ας, ἡ, ; [in LXX chiefly for לֵבָב ,לֵב ; ] ; the heart, ; 1. the bodily organ which is regarded as the seat of life ( 2Ki.18:14, 4Ki.9:24, al.). ; 2. In a psychological sense, the seat of man's collective…
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Used 161 times. Also: Matthew 5:8, Matthew 5:28, Matthew 6:21, Matthew 9:4, Matthew 11:29, Matthew 12:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2588; TFLSJ G2588; TAGNT Romans 9:2 word 10
μου.mouof me.
Lemma: μέ (me) · Strong's: G3165
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 1st · Genitive · Singular (P-1GS)
Meaning: me — 1. apostrophe for με. ; 2. rarely for μοι, (Homer) (ML)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 2026 times. Also: Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 3:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3165; TFLSJ G3165; TAGNT Romans 9:2 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I | → | ἐγώ G1473 I/we |
| have | → | εἰμί G1510 to be |
| deep | → | μέγας G3173 great |
| sorrow | → | λύπη G3077 grief |
| and | → | καί G2532 and |
| unceasing | → | ἀδιάλειπτος G0088 continuous |
| anguish | → | ὀδύνη G3601 anguish |
| in | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| my | → | ἐγώ G1473 I/we |
| heart | → | καρδία G2588 heart |
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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