Romans 15:10:8Rom.15.10.W8TAB
λαοῦ
laou
“people”
- Transliteration
- la-OU
- Extended
- lah-OO
- IPA
- /laˈuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- people
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
la-OU
- sentence
KAI PA-lin LE-gei eu-PHRAN-thê-te E-thnê me-TA tou la-OU au-TOU
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase meta tou laou autou {μετὰ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ | me-tà toû laoû autoû} expresses association, "with His people," where laou {λαοῦ | laoû} "people" stands for Israel as the covenant community, and autou {αὐτοῦ | autoû} "His" refers to God as the one who owns this people. Syntactically, the nations are summoned to share in the joy of God's people rather than remain in contrast to them, so the preposition meta highlights inclusion and solidarity. In translation, the formal rendering preserves the direct-vocative structure ("Rejoice, O Gentiles") and the explicit mention of "His people," maintaining the liturgical tone of the quotation. The dynamic rendering reshapes the imperative into "Let the nations celebrate together with His people," making the communal aspect of rejoicing explicit and using "celebrate" to convey public, shared joy in contemporary idiom while still reflecting the aorist imperative force.
In context — Romans 15:10
And again he says, "Rejoice, O Gentiles , with His people ."
About this coordinate
Romans 15:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Romans 15:10, so the Greek word λαοῦ (laou) 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.15.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.15.10.W8.S1) and character.