Romans 13:9:10Rom.13.9.W10TAB
ἐπιθυμήσεις
epithymêseis
“you will covet”
- Transliteration
- e-pi-thy-MÊ-seis
- Extended
- eh-pih-thy-MEH-seis
- IPA
- /e.pi.tʰyˈmɛː.seis/
Meaning by language
- English
- you will covet
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-pi-thy-MÊ-seis
- sentence
to GAR ou moi-KHEU-seis ou pho-NEU-seis ou KLEP-seis ouk e-pi-thy-MÊ-seis kai EI tis he-TE-ra en-to-LÊ en tôi LO-goi TOU-tôi a-na-ke-pha-lai-OU-tai en tôi a-ga-PÊ-seis ton plê-SI-on sou hôs se-au-TON
Exegesis
A series of negative future indicative verbs—moicheuseis {μοιχεύσεις | moi-kheú-seis} “you shall commit adultery,” phoneuseis {φονεύσεις | pho-neú-seis} “you shall murder,” klepseis {κλέψεις | klép-seis} “you shall steal,” and epithymeseis {ἐπιθυμήσεις | e-pi-thu-mḗ-seis} “you shall covet”—are each negated by ou / ouk {οὐ / οὐκ | ou / ouk}, forming a parallel list reminiscent of the Decalogue.
Root and etymology
epithyméōepsilon–pi–iota–theta–upsilon–mu–epsilon–omega
“to desire, crave”
In context — Romans 13:9
All these commands—“You shall not commit adultery; you shall not murder; you shall not steal; you shall not covet ”—and every other commandment are summed up in one statement: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
About this coordinate
Romans 13:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Romans 13:9, so the Greek word ἐπιθυμήσεις (epithymêseis) 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.13.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.13.9.W10.S1) and character.