Romans 14:2:9Rom.14.2.W9TAB
λάχανα
lakhana
“vegetables”
- Transliteration
- LA-kha-na
- Extended
- LAH-khah-nah
- IPA
- /ˈla.kʰa.na/
Meaning by language
- English
- vegetables
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
LA-kha-na
- sentence
hos MEN pi-STEY-ei pha-GEIN PAN-ta ho DE as-the-NÔN LA-kha-na es-THI-ei
Exegesis
The second clause resumes with ho {ὁ | ho} plus the participle asthenon {ἀσθενῶν | asthenôn}, literally “the one being weak,” forming a participial noun phrase that serves as the subject of esthiei {ἐσθίει | esthíei} “eats,” with lachana {λάχανα | láchana} “vegetables” as its object. English cannot naturally preserve both the relative and participial substantival structure, so the syntax is unpacked as “One person … but the one who is weak” in the formal rendering, while the dynamic version generalizes the participants (“Some people … those who are weak”) to reflect the generic, representative force of the Greek. Word order is adjusted from the marked initial relative clause in Greek to a more idiomatic subject–verb–object sequence in English, while maintaining the key contrast between freedom to eat all foods and restriction to vegetables.
In context — Romans 14:2
One person believes he may eat all things, but the one who is weak eats only vegetables .
About this coordinate
Romans 14:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Romans 14:2, so the Greek word λάχανα (lakhana) 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.14.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.14.2.W9.S1) and character.