Romans 14:8:7Rom.14.8.W7TAB
ζῶμεν
zōmen
“we live”
- Transliteration
- ZŌ-men
- Extended
- ZOH-mehn
- IPA
- /ˈzɔː.men/
Meaning by language
- English
- we live
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Alphabet Analysis
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ZŌ-men
- sentence
e-AN te gar ZŌ-men tōi KY-ree-ōi ZŌ-men e-AN te a-po-THNÊI-skō-men tōi KY-ree-ōi a-po-THNÊI-sko-men e-AN te oun ZŌ-men e-AN te a-po-THNÊI-skō-men tou KY-ree-ou es-MEN
Exegesis
The verse is composed of three coordinated conditional segments, each introduced by ean te {ἐάν τε | e-án te} and organized around the verbs zōmen {ζῶμεν | zô-men} ‘we live’ and apothnēskōmen {ἀποθνῄσκωμεν | a-po-thnê-skō-men} ‘we die’.
Root and etymology
zaōzeta–alpha–omega
“to live, be alive”
In context — Romans 14:8
For if we live, we live to the Lord ; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.
About this coordinate
Romans 14:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Romans 14:8, so the Greek word ζῶμεν (zōmen) 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.14.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.14.8.W7.S1) and character.