Romans 4:13:16Rom.4.13.W16TAB
εἶναι
einai
“to be”
- Transliteration
- EI-nai
- Extended
- EE-nai
- IPA
- /ˈiː.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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EI-nai
- sentence
ou gar di-A NO-mou hê e-pa-ngge-LI-a tôi a-bra-AM ê tôi SPER-ma-ti au-TOU to klê-ro-NO-mon au-TON EI-nai KOS-mou al-LA di-A di-kai-o-SY-nês PI-ste-ôs
Exegesis
The articular infinitive to klēronomon auton einai kosmou {τὸ κληρονόμον αὐτὸν εἶναι κόσμου | tó klēronómon autón eînai kósmou} ‘that he would be heir of the world’ functions as an epexegetical clause specifying the inheritance, with kosmou {κόσμου | kósmou} ‘of world’ as a genitive of domain.
In context — Romans 4:13
For the promise to Abraham and to his offspring—that he would be heir of the world—did not come through the law, but through the righteousness of faith .
About this coordinate
Romans 4:13:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Romans 4:13, so the Greek word εἶναι (einai) 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.4.13.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.4.13.W16.S1) and character.