Romans 14:4:12Rom.14.4.W12TAB
ἢ
ê
“or”
- Transliteration
- ê
- Extended
- ê
- IPA
- /ɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- or
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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- sentence
SY TEES EI ho KRI-nōn al-LO-tri-on oi-KE-tēn tō i-DI-ō ky-RI-ō STĒ-kei ê PIP-tei sta-THĒ-se-tai DE dy-na-TEI gar ho KY-ri-os STĒ-sai au-TON
Exegesis
The coordinated verbs stēkei ē píptei {στήκει ἢ πίπτει | stḗkei | píptei} ‘he stands or he falls’ present possible outcomes, while the future passive stathḗsetai {σταθήσεται | stathḗsetai} ‘he will be made to stand’ expresses divine intervention.
Root and etymology
oikosomicron–iota–kappa–omicron–sigma
“household member”
In context — Romans 14:4
Who are you, the one who judges another’s servant? To his own master he stands or he falls; and he will be made to stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand .
About this coordinate
Romans 14:4:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Romans 14:4, so the Greek word ἢ (ê) 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.14.4.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.14.4.W12.S1) and character.