Romans 14:15:4Rom.14.15.W4TAB
βρῶμα
brōma
“food”
- Transliteration
- BRŌ-ma
- Extended
- BROH-mah
- IPA
- /ˈbroː.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- food
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
BRŌ-ma
- 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
The causal prepositional phrase dia brōma {διὰ βρῶμα | diá brô-ma} ‘because of food’ uses the accusative to mark reason.
Root and etymology
bibroskōbeta–iota–beta–rho–omega–sigma–kappa–omega
“to eat, devour”
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 14:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Romans 14:15, so the Greek word βρῶμα (brōma) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.14.15.W4.S1) and character.