Romans 8:2:4Rom.8.2.W4TAB
τοῦ
tou
“of the”
- Transliteration
- tou
- Extended
- too
- IPA
- /tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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tou
- sentence
ho gar NO-mos tou PNEU-ma-tos tês dzō-ÊS en khri-STÔ i-ê-SOU ê-leu-THE-rō-SEN se a-PO tou NO-mou tês ha-mar-TI-as kai tou tha-NA-tou
Exegesis
The preposition apo {ἀπὸ | apò} ‘from’ governs the genitives nomou {νόμου | nó-mou} ‘law’, hamartias {ἁμαρτίας | ha-mar-tí-as} ‘sin’, and thanatou {θανάτου | tha-ná-tou} ‘death’, with kai {καὶ | kaì} ‘and’ uniting sin and death as a single oppressive regime. English retains the repeated “law” to preserve the metaphor of competing ruling powers: the old law of sin and death versus the new law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus.
Root and etymology
thanatoōtheta–alpha–nu–alpha–tau–omicron–omega
“to put to death”
In context — Romans 8:2
Because the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has liberated you from the law of sin and of death.
About this coordinate
Romans 8:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Romans 8:2, so the Greek word τοῦ (tou) 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.8.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.8.2.W4.S1) and character.