Romans 3:7:19Rom.3.7.W19TAB
ὡς
hôs
“as”
- Transliteration
- hôs
- Extended
- hôs
- IPA
- /hɔːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- as
Alphabet Analysis
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
hôs
- sentence
ei de hê a-LEE-thei-a tou the-OU en tôi e-MÔI PSEU-sma-ti e-pe-RI-sseu-sen eis tên DO-ksan au-TOU TI E-ti ka-GÔ hôs ha-mar-tô-LOS KRI-no-mai
Exegesis
The construction hōs hamartōlos {ὡς ἁμαρτωλὸς | hōs hamartōlós} functions as a predicate expression “as a sinner,” linked with the present passive indicative krinomai {κρίνομαι | krínomai}, “I am judged/condemned,” which depicts an ongoing judicial evaluation. The Greek word order foregrounds “the truth of God” and “my lie” to sharpen the contrast before arriving at the rhetorical question about judgment, which the translation mirrors by keeping “the truth of God … my lie … His glory” clustered at the front of the sentence and preserving the first person emphasis “I also … I still.”
Root and etymology
apolutrōsisapolýtrōsis
“redemption by ransom”
In context — Romans 3:7
But if the truth of God has abounded through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?
About this coordinate
Romans 3:7:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Romans 3:7, so the Greek word ὡς (hôs) 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.3.7.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.3.7.W19.S1) and character.