King James Version

Romans 1:2

(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)

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ὃho(Whichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “(Which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.(Whichπροεπηγγείλατοproepēngeilatohe had promised aforeπροεπαγγέλλομαι (proepangellomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “he had promised afore”, a single actionG4279I promise beforehand.he had promised aforeδιὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.προφητῶνprophētōnprophetsπροφήτης (prophētēs)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “prophets”, the of-formG4396a prophet, poet; a person gifted at expositing divine truth.prophetsαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inγραφαῖςgraphaisscripturesγραφή (graphē)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “scriptures”, the to- or for-formG1124(a) a writing, (b) a passage of scripture; plur: the scriptures.scripturesἁγίαιςhagiaisholyἅγιος (hagios)adjective, dative, plural, feminine — “holy”, the to- or for-formG40set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred.This verse uses “holy”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

which He announced before through His prophets in holy writings —

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American Standard Version (1901)

which he promised afore through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

Young’s Literal Translation

which He announced before through His prophets in holy writings —

World English Bible

which he promised before through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,

Darby Translation

(which he had before promised by his prophets in holy writings,)

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Which he had promised before, by his prophets, in the holy scriptures,

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