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Romans 7:8

But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

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ἀφορμὴνaphormēnoccasionἀφορμή (aphormē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “occasion”, the object formG874(a) a starting, a start, (b) cause, occasion, opportunity.occasionδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.λαβοῦσαlabousato takeλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, feminine — “to take”, a single actionG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.This verse uses “take”.ἡhētheὁ (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.sinδιὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐντολῆςentolēscommandmentἐντολή (entolē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “commandment”, the of-formG1785an ordinance, injunction, command, law.κατειργάσατοkateirgasatoto workoutκατεργάζομαι (katergazomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to workout”, a single actionG2716I effect by labor, achieve, work out, bring about.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.ἐμοὶemoiIἐγώ (egō)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.πᾶσανpasanallπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “all”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.ἐπιθυμίανepithumiandesireἐπιθυμία (epithumia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “desire”, the object formG1939desire, eagerness for, inordinate desire, lust.This verse uses “desire”.χωρὶςchōriswithoutχωρίςpreposition — “without”G5565apart from, separately from; without.This verse uses “without”.γὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.νόμουnomoulawνόμος (nomos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “law”, the of-formG3551usage, custom, law; in NT: of law in general, plur: of divine laws; of a force or influence impelling to action; of the Mosaic law; meton: of the books which contain the law, the Pentateuch, the Old Testament scriptures in general.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.νεκράnekrawas deadνεκρός (nekros)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “was dead”, the subject formG3498(a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse.This verse uses “dead”.was dead

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'Thou shalt not covet;' and the sin having received an opportunity, through the command, did work in me all covetousness — for apart from law sin is dead.

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American Standard Version (1901)

but sin, finding occasion, wrought in me through the commandment all manner of coveting: for apart from the law sin is dead.

Young’s Literal Translation

'Thou shalt not covet;' and the sin having received an opportunity, through the command, did work in me all covetousness — for apart from law sin is dead.

World English Bible

But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

Darby Translation

but sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, wrought in me every lust; for without law sin [was] dead.

Douay-Rheims

But sin taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

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