Romans 13:12:8Rom.13.12.W8TAB
ἀποβαλώμεθα
apobalometha
“let us cast off”
- Transliteration
- a-po-ba-LO-me-tha
- Extended
- ah-poh-bah-LOH-meh-thah
- IPA
- /a.po.baˈlɔː.me.tʰa/
Meaning by language
- English
- let us cast off
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
a-po-ba-LO-me-tha
- sentence
hê nyks pro-E-kop-sen hê de hê-ME-ra ÊN-gi-ken a-po-ba-LO-me-tha oun ta ER-ga tou SKO-tous en-dy-SÔ-me-tha de ta HO-pla tou phô-TOS
Exegesis
Two coordinated hortatory subjunctives—apobalṓmetha {ἀποβαλώμεθα | a-po-ba-lṓ-me-tha} ‘let us throw off’ and endusṓmetha {ἐνδυσώμεθα | en-dys-ṓ-me-tha} ‘let us put on’—frame a moral exchange. Each subjunctive governs an accusative noun with a descriptive genitive: ta érga tou skótous ‘the works of darkness’ and ta hópla tou phōtós ‘the weapons of light,’ positioning darkness and light as metaphorical spheres of action. This structure transitions from indicative certainty to hortatory exhortation, reflecting Pauline ethical argumentation.
In context — Romans 13:12
The night is nearly past, and the day has drawn near; therefore, let us throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.
About this coordinate
Romans 13:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Romans 13:12, so the Greek word ἀποβαλώμεθα (apobalometha) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rom.13.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.13.12.W8.S1) and character.