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Romans 5:14

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.

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ἀλλὰallaNeverthelessἀλλάconjunction — “Nevertheless”G235but, except, however.Neverthelessἐβασίλευσενebasileusenreignedβασιλεύω (basileuō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “reigned”, a single actionG936(a) I rule, reign, (b) I reign over.reignedὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θάνατοςthanatosdeathθάνατοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “death”, the subject formG2288death, physical or spiritual.ἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromἈδὰμadamAdamἈδάμnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Adam”, the of-formG76Adam, the first man, the first parent of the human race.Adamμέχριmechritoμέχρι(ς) (mechris)preposition — “to”G3360as far as, until, even to.toΜωϋσέωςmōuseōsMosesΜωϋσῆς (mōusēs)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Moses”, the of-formG3475Moses; met: the books of Moses, the Pentateuch.Mosesκαὶkaievenκαίadverb — “even”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “even”.evenἐπὶepioverἐπίpreposition — “over”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.overτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notἁμαρτήσανταςhamartēsantassinnedἁμαρτάνω (hamartanō)verb, aorist active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “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.sinnedἐπὶepiafterἐπίpreposition — “after”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.afterτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ὁμοιώματιhomoiōmatisimilitudeὁμοίωμα (homoiōma)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “similitude”, the to- or for-formG3667(originally: a thing made like something else), a likeness, or rather: form; a similitude.This verse uses “similitude”.the similitudeτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.παραβάσεωςparabaseōstransgressionπαράβασις (parabasis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “transgression”, the of-formG3847a transgression, overstepping, deviation.transgressionἈδάμadamAdamἈδάμnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Adam”, the of-formG76Adam, the first man, the first parent of the human race.ὅςhoswhoὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “who”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “who”.whoἐστινestinisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.isτύποςtuposfigureτύποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “figure”, the subject formG5179(originally: the mark of a blow, then a stamp struck by a die), (a) a figure; a copy, image, (b) a pattern, model, (c) a type, prefiguring something or somebody.the figureτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.μέλλοντοςmellontosof him that was to comeμέλλω (mellō)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “of him that was to come”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.of him that was to come

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

but the death did reign from Adam till Moses, even upon those not having sinned in the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is a type of him who is coming.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the likeness of Adam’s transgression, who is a figure of him that was to come.

Young’s Literal Translation

but the death did reign from Adam till Moses, even upon those not having sinned in the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is a type of him who is coming.

World English Bible

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those whose sins weren’t like Adam’s disobedience, who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come.

Darby Translation

but death reigned from Adam until Moses, even upon those who had not sinned in the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is [the] figure of him to come.

Douay-Rheims

But death reigned from Adam unto Moses, even over them also who have not sinned after the similitude of the transgression of Adam, who is a figure of him who was to come.

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