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Romans 5:12

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

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ΔιὰdiaWhereforeδιάpreposition — “Wherefore”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.Whereforeτοῦτοtoutothisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ὥσπερhōsperasὥσπερconjunction — “as”G5618just as, as, even as.asδι’dibyδιά (dia)preposition — “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.byἑνὸςhenosoneεἷς (heis)adjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “one”, the of-formG1520one.oneἀνθρώπουanthrōpoumanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “man”, the of-formG444a man, one of the human race.manἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἁμαρτίαhamartiasinἁμαρτίαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “sin”, the subject formG266prop: missing the mark; hence: (a) guilt, sin, (b) a fault, failure (in an ethical sense), sinful deed.sinεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κόσμονkosmonworldκόσμος (kosmos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “world”, the object formG2889the world, universe; worldly affairs; the inhabitants of the world; adornment.the worldεἰσῆλθενeisēlthento enterεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to enter”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.This verse uses “enter”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andδιὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “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.byτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἁμαρτίαςhamartiassinἁμαρτία (hamartia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “sin”, the of-formG266prop: missing the mark; hence: (a) guilt, sin, (b) a fault, failure (in an ethical sense), sinful deed.sinὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θάνατοςthanatosdeathθάνατοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “death”, the subject formG2288death, physical or spiritual.deathκαὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.οὕτωςhoutōsthusοὕτω(ς)adverb — “thus”G3779thus, so, in this manner.This verse uses “thus”.εἰςeisuponεἰςpreposition — “upon”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.uponπάνταςpantasallπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “all”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allἀνθρώπουςanthrōpousmenἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “men”, the object formG444a man, one of the human race.menὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θάνατοςthanatosdeathθάνατοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “death”, the subject formG2288death, physical or spiritual.διῆλθενdiēlthento pass throughδιέρχομαι (dierchomai)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to pass through”, a single actionG1330I pass through, spread (as a report).This verse uses “pass through”.ἐφ’ephforἐπί (epi)preposition — “for”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.forᾧhōthatὅς (hos)relative pronoun, dative, singular, neuter — “that”, the to- or for-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “that”.thatπάντεςpantesallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allἥμαρτον—hēmartonhave sinnedἁμαρτάνω (hamartanō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “have sinned”, a single actionG264originally: I miss the mark, hence (a) I make a mistake, (b) I sin, commit a sin (against God); sometimes the idea of sinning against a fellow-creature is present.have sinned

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—

Young’s Literal Translation

because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin;

World English Bible

Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death passed to all men because all sinned.

Darby Translation

For this [cause], even as by one man sin entered into the world, and by sin death; and thus death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

Douay-Rheims

Wherefore as by one man sin entered into this world, and by sin death; and so death passed upon all men, in whom all have sinned.

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