Romans 3:7

εἰ γὰρ ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ψεύσματι ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ τί ἔτι κἀγὼ ὡς ἁμαρτωλὸς κρίνομαι
For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
εἰ
G1487 CONJ
ei
if, whether, that, etc
  • if, whether
γὰρ
G1063
gar
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
  • for
ἡ
G3588 T-NSF
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ἀλήθεια
G225 N-NSF
alētheia
truth
  • objectively
    • what is true in any matter under consideration
      • truly, in truth, according to truth
        • "of a truth, in reality, in fact, certainly
      what is true in things appertaining to God and the duties of man, moral and religious truth
      • in the greatest latitude
        • "the true notions of God which are open to human reason without his supernatural intervention
      the truth as taught in the Christian religion, respecting God and the execution of his purposes through Christ, and respecting the duties of man, opposing alike to the superstitions of the Gentiles and the inventions of the Jews, and the corrupt opinions and precepts of false teachers even among Christians
    subjectively
    • truth as a personal excellence
      • that candour of mind which is free from affection, pretence, simulation, falsehood, deceit
τοῦ
G3588 T-GSM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
θεοῦ
G2316 N-GSM
theos
a deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by Hebraism)
  • a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities
    • "the Godhead, trinity
    • God the Father, the first person in the trinity
      • "Christ, the second person of the trinity"Holy Spirit, the third person in the trinity
    spoken of the only and true God
    • refers to the things of God
      • "his counsels, interests, things due to him
    whatever can in any respect be likened unto God, or resemble him in any way
    • God's representative or viceregent
      • of magistrates and judges
ἐν
G1722 PREP
en
___%___in,___%___ at, (up-)on, by, etc
  • in, by, with
τῷ
G3588 T-DSN
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ἐμῷ
G1699 S-1SDSN
emos
my
  • my, mine, etc.
ψεύσματι
G5582 N-DSN
pseusma
a fabrication, i.e., falsehood
  • a falsehood, a lie
    • "the perfidy by which a man by sinning breaks faith with God
ἐπερίσσευσεν
G4052 V-AAI-3S
perisseuō
to superabound (in quantity or quality), be in excess, be superfluous; also (transitively) to cause to superabound or excel
  • to exceed a fixed number of measure, to be left over and above a certain number or measure
    • to be over, to remain
      • "to exist or be at hand in abundance
      • to be great (abundant)
        • "a thing which comes in abundance, or overflows unto one, something falls to the lot of one in large measure"to redound unto, turn out abundantly for, a thing
      to abound, overflow
      • to be abundantly furnished with, to have in abundance, abound in (a thing), to be in affluence
        • "to be pre-eminent, to excel"to excel more than, exceed
    to make to abound
    • to furnish one richly so that he has abundance
      • "to make abundant or excellent
εἰς
G1519 PREP
eis
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
  • into, unto, to, towards, for, among
τὴν
G3588 T-ASF
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
δόξαν
G1391 N-ASF
doxa
glory (as very apparent), in a wide application (literal or figurative, objective or subjective)
  • opinion, judgment, view
    • "opinion, estimate, whether good or bad concerning someone
    • in the New Testament always a good opinion concerning one, resulting in praise, honor, and glory
    splendor, brightness
    • of the moon, sun, stars
      • "magnificence, excellence, preeminence, dignity, grace"majesty
      • the kingly majesty which belongs to Him as supreme ruler, majesty in the sense of the absolute perfection of the deity
        • "a thing belonging to Christ
        • the kingly majesty of the Messiah
          • "the absolutely perfect inward or personal excellency of Christ; the majesty
        of the angels
        • as apparent in their exterior brightness
    a most glorious condition, most exalted state
    • of that condition with God the Father in heaven to which Christ was raised after He had achieved his work on earth
      • "the glorious condition of blessedness into which is appointed and promised that true Christians shall enter after their Saviour's return from heaven
αὐτοῦ
G846 P-GSM
autos
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
  • himself, herself, themselves, itself
    • "he, she, it"the same
τί
G5101 I-ASN
tis
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
  • who, which, what
ἔτι
G2089 ADV
eti
___%___yet,___%___ still (of time or degree)
  • yet, still
    • of time
      • of a thing which went on formerly, whereas now a different state of things exists or has begun to exist
        • "of a thing which continues at present
        • even, now
        with negatives
        • no longer, no more
      of degree and increase
      • even, yet
        • "besides, more, further
κἀγὼ
G2504
kagō
so also the dative case κἀμοί , and accusative case κἀμέ and (or also, even, etc.) I, (to) me
  • and I
    • "I also, I as well, I likewise, in like manner I"even I, this selfsame I
ὡς
G5613 CONJ
hōs
which how, i.e., in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
  • as, like, even as, etc.
ἁμαρτωλὸς
G268 A-NSM
hamartōlos
sinful, i.e., a sinner
  • devoted to sin, a sinner
    • not free from sin
      • "pre-eminently sinful, especially wicked
      • all wicked men
        • "specifically of men stained with certain definite vices or crimes
        • tax collectors, heathen
κρίνομαι
G2919 V-PPI-1S
krinō
by implication, to try, condemn, punish
  • to separate, put asunder, to pick out, select, choose
    • "to approve, esteem, to prefer"to be of opinion, deem, think, to be of opinion"to determine, resolve, decree"to judge
    • to pronounce an opinion concerning right and wrong
      • to be judged, i.e., summoned to trial that one's case may be examined and judgment passed upon it
      to pronounce judgment, to subject to censure
      • of those who act the part of judges or arbiters in matters of common life, or pass judgment on the deeds and words of others
    to rule, govern
    • to preside over with the power of giving judicial decisions, because it was the prerogative of kings and rulers to pass judgment
    to contend together, of warriors and combatants
    • to dispute
      • "in a forensic sense
      • to go to law, have suit at law

εἰ γὰρ ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ψεύσματι ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ τί ἔτι κἀγὼ ὡς ἁμαρτωλὸς κρίνομαι
7
For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
Cross References

Romans 3:4

μὴ γένοιτο· γινέσθω δὲ ὁ θεὸς ἀληθής πᾶς δὲ ἄνθρωπος ψεύστης καθὼς γέγραπται Ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου καὶ νικήσῃς ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε
4
God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

Romans 9:19

Ἐρεῖς οὖν μοι Τί ἔτι μέμφεται τῷ γὰρ βουλήματι αὐτοῦ τίς ἀνθέστηκεν
19
Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

Acts 13:27

οἱ γὰρ κατοικοῦντες ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες αὐτῶν τοῦτον ἀγνοήσαντες καὶ τὰς φωνὰς τῶν προφητῶν τὰς κατὰ πᾶν σάββατον ἀναγινωσκομένας κρίναντες ἐπλήρωσαν
27
For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew not, him nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

2 Kings 8:10

וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֱלִישָׁע לֵךְ אֱמָר-‫(לא)‬ לוֹ חָיֹה תִֽחְיֶה וְהִרְאַנִי יְהוָה כִּי-מוֹת יָמֽוּת׃
10
And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.

Matthew 26:69

Ὁ δὲ Πέτρος ἔξω ἐκάθητο ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ· καὶ προσῆλθεν αὐτῷ μία παιδίσκη λέγουσα Καὶ σὺ ἦσθα μετὰ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Γαλιλαίου
69
Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.

Matthew 26:34

ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς Ἀμὴν λέγω σοι ὅτι ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ νυκτὶ πρὶν ἀλέκτορα φωνῆσαι τρὶς ἀπαρνήσῃ με
34
Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

Isaiah 10:6

בְּגוֹי חָנֵף אֲשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ וְעַל-עַם עֶבְרָתִי אֲצַוֶּנּוּ לִשְׁלֹל שָׁלָל וְלָבֹז בַּז ‫(ולשימו)‬ וּלְשׂוּמוֹ מִרְמָס כְּחֹמֶר חוּצֽוֹת׃
6
I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Genesis 50:18

וַיֵּֽלְכוּ גַּם-אֶחָיו וַֽיִּפְּלוּ לְפָנָיו וַיֹּאמְרוּ הִנֶּנּֽוּ לְךָ לַֽעֲבָדִֽים׃
18
And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.

Genesis 37:20

וְעַתָּה׀ לְכוּ וְנַֽהַרְגֵהוּ וְנַשְׁלִכֵהוּ בְּאַחַד הַבֹּרוֹת וְאָמַרְנוּ חַיָּה רָעָה אֲכָלָתְהוּ וְנִרְאֶה מַה-יִּֽהְיוּ חֲלֹֽמֹתָֽיו׃
20
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

1 Kings 13:17

כִּֽי-דָבָר אֵלַי בִּדְבַר יְהוָה לֹֽא-תֹאכַל לֶחֶם וְלֹֽא-תִשְׁתֶּה שָׁם מָיִם לֹֽא-תָשׁוּב לָלֶכֶת בַּדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר-הָלַכְתָּ בָּֽהּ׃
17
For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.

Exodus 14:30

וַיּוֹשַׁע יְהוָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא אֶת-יִשְׂרָאֵל מִיַּד מִצְרָיִם וַיַּרְא יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת-מִצְרַיִם מֵת עַל-שְׂפַת הַיָּֽם׃
30
Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.

Genesis 37:8

וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ אֶחָיו הֲמָלֹךְ תִּמְלֹךְ עָלֵינוּ אִם-מָשׁוֹל תִּמְשֹׁל בָּנוּ וַיּוֹסִפוּ עוֹד שְׂנֹא אֹתוֹ עַל-חֲלֹֽמֹתָיו וְעַל-דְּבָרָֽיו׃
8
And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

Exodus 3:19

וַֽאֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי לֹֽא-יִתֵּן אֶתְכֶם מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם לַֽהֲלֹךְ וְלֹא בְּיָד חֲזָקָֽה׃
19
And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

Genesis 44:1

וַיְצַו אֶת-אֲשֶׁר עַל-בֵּיתוֹ לֵאמֹר מַלֵּא אֶת-אַמְתְּחֹת הָֽאֲנָשִׁים אֹכֶל כַּֽאֲשֶׁר יֽוּכְלוּן שְׂאֵת וְשִׂים כֶּֽסֶף-אִישׁ בְּפִי אַמְתַּחְתּֽוֹ׃
1
And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.

Exodus 14:5

וַיֻּגַּד לְמֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם כִּי בָרַח הָעָם וַיֵּֽהָפֵךְ לְבַב פַּרְעֹה וַֽעֲבָדָיו אֶל-הָעָם וַיֹּֽאמרוּ מַה-זֹּאת עָשִׂינוּ כִּֽי-שִׁלַּחְנוּ אֶת-יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵֽעָבְדֵֽנוּ׃
5
And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?

1 Kings 13:26

וַיִּשְׁמַע הַנָּבִיא אֲשֶׁר הֱשִׁיבוֹ מִן-הַדֶּרֶךְ וַיֹּאמֶר אִישׁ הָֽאֱלֹהִים הוּא אֲשֶׁר מָרָה אֶת-פִּי יְהוָה וַיִּתְּנֵהוּ יְהוָה לָֽאַרְיֵה וַֽיִּשְׁבְּרֵהוּ וַיְמִתֵהוּ כִּדְבַר יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר-לֽוֹ׃
26
And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.

Acts 2:23

τοῦτον τῇ ὡρισμένῃ βουλῇ καὶ προγνώσει τοῦ θεοῦ ἔκδοτον λαβόντες διὰ χειρῶν ἀνόμων προσπήξαντες ἀνείλετε
23
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
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