Romans 14:15:11Rom.14.15.W11TAB
ἀγάπην
agapēn
“love”
- Transliteration
- a-GA-pēn
- Extended
- ah-GAH-pay(n)
- IPA
- /aˈga.pɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- love
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
a-GA-pēn
- sentence
ei gar di-A BRŌ-ma ho a-del-PHOS sou ly-PEI-tai ou-KE-ti ka-TA a-GA-pēn pe-ri-pa-TEIS mê tō brō-ma-TI sou e-KEI-non a-POL-ly-e hy-PER hou khri-STOS a-PE-tha-nen
Exegesis
In the next clause, the adverb ouketi {οὐκέτι | ou-ké-ti} ‘no longer’ precedes the standard kata agapēn {κατὰ ἀγάπην | katà a-gá-pēn} ‘according to love’ and the present active peripateis {περιπατεῖς | pe-ri-pa-teîs} ‘walk,’ which frames moral conduct metaphorically as walking.
Root and etymology
agapaōalpha–gamma–alpha–pi–alpha–omega
“to love, cherish deeply”
In context — Romans 14:15
For if your brother is grieved because of food, you are no longer walking according to love . Do not, by your food, bring to ruin the one for whom Christ died.
About this coordinate
Romans 14:15:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Romans 14:15, so the Greek word ἀγάπην (agapēn) 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.14.15.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.14.15.W11.S1) and character.