Romans 15:16:19Rom.15.16.W19TAB
προσφορὰ
prosphora
“offering”
- Transliteration
- pros-pho-RA
- Extended
- prohs-phoh-RAH
- IPA
- /pros.pʰoˈra/
Meaning by language
- English
- offering
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
pros-pho-RA
- sentence
eis to EI-nai me lei-touR-GON khree-STOO ee-ay-SOO eis ta E-thnê hi-e-rouR-GOUN-ta to eu-an-GE-li-on tou the-OU HI-na GE-nê-tai hê pros-pho-RA tôn e-THNÔN eu-PROS-dek-tos hê-gi-as-ME-nê en PNEU-ma-ti ha-GI-oi
Exegesis
The subject of this clause is he prosphora ton ethnon {ἡ προσφορὰ τῶν ἐθνῶν | hē pros-pho-RÁ tôn eth-NÔn}, “the offering of the Gentiles,” with prosphora being a technical sacrificial term.
In context — Romans 15:16
In order that I might be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest for the gospel of God , so that the offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, having been sanctified in the Holy Spirit .
About this coordinate
Romans 15:16:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Romans 15:16, so the Greek word προσφορὰ (prosphora) 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.15.16.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.15.16.W19.S1) and character.