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Romans 8:29

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

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ὅτιhotiForὅτιconjunction — “For”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.Forοὓςhouswhomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “whom”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.whomπροέγνωproegnōhe did foreknowπρογινώσκω (proginōskō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he did foreknow”, a single actionG4267I know beforehand, foreknow.he did foreknowκαὶkaialsoκαίadverb — “also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.alsoπροώρισενproōrisendid predestinateπροορίζω (proorizō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “did predestinate”, a single actionG4309I foreordain, predetermine, mark out beforehand.did predestinateσυμμόρφουςsummorphousto be conformedσύμμορφος (summorphos)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “to be conformed”, the object formG4832similar, conformed to.to be conformedτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.εἰκόνοςeikonosto the imageεἰκών (eikōn)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “to the image”, the of-formG1504an image, likeness, bust.to the imageτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.υἱοῦhuiouSonυἱός (huios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Son”, the of-formG5207a son, descendent.Sonαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.heεἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.εἶναιeinaito existεἰμί (eimí)verb, present active infinitive — “to exist”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.Strong’s files this form under G1511 (εἶναι, exist).might beαὐτὸνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.πρωτότοκονprōtotokonfirstbornπρωτότοκος (prōtotokos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “firstborn”, the object formG4416first-born, eldest.the firstbornἐνenamongἐνpreposition — “among”G1722in, on, among.amongπολλοῖςpolloismanyπολύς (polus)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “many”, the to- or for-formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “many”.manyἀδελφοῖςadelphoisbrethrenἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “brethren”, the to- or for-formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.brethren

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;

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American Standard Version (1901)

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

Young’s Literal Translation

because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;

World English Bible

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Darby Translation

Because whom he has foreknown, he has also predestinated [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be [the] firstborn among many brethren.

Douay-Rheims

For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated to be made conformable to the image of his Son; that he might be the firstborn amongst many brethren.

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