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Romans 16:4

Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

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οἵτινεςhoitinesWhoὅστις (hostis)relative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “Who”, the subject formG3748whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.Whoὑπὲρhuperforὑπέρpreposition — “for”G5228gen: in behalf of; acc: above.forτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ψυχῆςpsuchēslifeψυχή (psuchē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “life”, the of-formG5590(a) the vital breath, breath of life, (b) the human soul, (c) the soul as the seat of affections and will, (d) the self, (e) a human person, an individual.This verse uses “life”.lifeμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἑαυτῶνheautōntheir ownἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “their own”, the of-formG1438himself, herself, itself.their ownτράχηλονtrachēlonnecksτράχηλος (trachēlos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “necks”, the object formG5137the neck.necksὑπέθηκανhupethēkanto layὑποτίθημι (hupotithēmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to lay”, a single actionG5294I put under, lay down, suggest to, put in mind.οἷςhoisunto whomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto whom”, the to- or for-formG3739who, which, what, that.unto whomοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἐγὼegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Iμόνοςmonosaloneμόνοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “alone”, the subject formG3441only, solitary, desolate.εὐχαριστῶeucharistōgive thanksεὐχαριστέω (eucharisteō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “give thanks”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2168I thank, give thanks; pass. 3 sing: is received with thanks.This verse uses “give thanks”.give thanksἀλλὰallabutἀλλάconjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.butκαὶkaialsoκαίadverb — “also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.alsoπᾶσαιpasaiallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, feminine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allαἱhaitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἐκκλησίαιekklēsiaichurchesἐκκλησία (ekklēsia)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “churches”, the subject formG1577an assembly, congregation, church; the Church, the whole body of Christian believers.the churchesτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐθνῶνethnōnof the Gentilesἔθνος (ethnos)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “of the Gentiles”, the of-formG1484a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.This verse uses “the Gentiles”.of the Gentiles

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

who for my life their own neck did lay down, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the nations —

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American Standard Version (1901)

who for my life laid down their own necks; unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles:

Young’s Literal Translation

who for my life their own neck did lay down, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the nations —

World English Bible

who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the Gentiles.

Darby Translation

(who for my life staked their own neck; to whom not I only am thankful, but also all the assemblies of the nations,)

Douay-Rheims

(Who have for my life laid down their own necks: to whom not I only give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles,)

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