Romans 16:4:21Rom.16.4.W21TAB
ἐθνῶν.
ethnôn
“Gentiles”
- Transliteration
- eth-NÔN
- Extended
- ehth-NOHN
- IPA
- /etʰˈnɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Gentiles
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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eth-NÔN
- sentence
HOI-ti-nes hy-PER tês psy-KHÊS mou ton he-au-TÔN TRA-khē-lon hy-PE-thē-kan hois ouk e-GŌ MO-nos eu-kha-ri-STÔ al-LA kai PA-sai hai ek-klē-SI-ai tôn eth-NÔN
Exegesis
The genitive tōn ethnōn {τῶν ἐθνῶν | tôn ethnôn} modifies ekklēsiai {ἐκκλησίαι | ekklēsiai}, specifying these assemblies as belonging to or consisting of Gentiles, which underscores the wide-ranging impact of the couple's sacrificial act across non-Jewish communities. In rendering the verse, the formal translation keeps the two relative clauses closely aligned to the Greek structure and preserves the metaphor "laid down their own neck," while the dynamic translation reorganizes the clauses into a more straightforward narrative sequence and replaces the metaphor with the explanatory idiom "risked their own lives" to make the force of the aorist action clear for contemporary readers.
In context — Romans 16:4
Who for my life laid down their own neck, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles .
About this coordinate
Romans 16:4:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Romans 16:4, so the Greek word ἐθνῶν. (ethnôn) 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.16.4.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.16.4.W21.S1) and character.