Romans 8:35:2Rom.8.35.W2TAB
ἡμᾶς
hêmas
“us”
- Transliteration
- hê-MAS
- Extended
- HAY-MAHS
- IPA
- /hɛːˈmas/
Meaning by language
- English
- us
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hê-MAS
- sentence
TIS hê-MAS khō-RI-sei a-PO tês a-GA-pês tou khree-STOO THLI-psis Ê ste-no-khō-RI-a Ê di-ōg-MOS Ê li-MOS Ê gym-NO-tēs Ê KIN-dy-nos Ê MA-khai-ra
Exegesis
The verse begins with the interrogative pronoun tis {τίς | tís} as the subject of the future verb chorisei {χωρίσει | chō-rí-sei}, followed immediately by the object hemas {ἡμᾶς | hē-mâs} ‘us’, producing a sharp rhetorical question that foregrounds the threatened community.
In context — Romans 8:35
Who will separate us from the love of Christ ? Will tribulation , or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
About this coordinate
Romans 8:35:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Romans 8:35, so the Greek word ἡμᾶς (hêmas) 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.8.35.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.8.35.W2.S1) and character.