KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;”
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| KJV Verse | Original Greek | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Greek word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Greek word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And” | καὶ | And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words | And |
| “even as” | καθὼς | Just (or inasmuch) as, that | even |
| “they did” | ἐδοκίμασαν | To test (literally or figuratively); by implication, to approve | did |
| “not” | οὐκ | The absolute negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not | not |
| “like” | ἐδοκίμασαν | To test (literally or figuratively); by implication, to approve | like |
| “to retain” | ἔχειν | To hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition) | retain |
| “God” | θεὸν | A deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by Hebraism) | God |
| “in” | ἐν | "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc | in |
| “their” | (No Greek definition. English implied.) | ||
| “knowledge,” | ἐπιγνώσει | Recognition, i.e., (by implication) full discernment, acknowledgement | knowledge |
| “God over” | θεὸς | A deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by Hebraism) | God |
| “gave” | παρέδωκεν | To surrender, i.e yield up, entrust, transmit | gave |
| “them” | αὐτοὺς | The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons | them |
| “to” | εἰς | To or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases | to |
| “a reprobate” | ἀδόκιμον | Unapproved, i.e., rejected; by implication, worthless (literally or morally) | reprobate |
| “mind,” | νοῦν | The intellect, i.e., mind (divine or human; in thought, feeling, or will); by implication, meaning | mind |
| “to do” | ποιεῖν | To make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct) | do |
| “those things” | τὰ | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | those things |
| “which are” | καθήκοντα | To reach to, i.e., (neuter of present active participle, figuratively as adjective) becoming | are |
| “not” | μὴ | (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether | not |
| “convenient;” | καθήκοντα | To reach to, i.e., (neuter of present active participle, figuratively as adjective) becoming | convenient |
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26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
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