Romans 4:17
As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.This verse in the real world
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- κατέναντιkaténantidirectly opposite
- ζωοποιέωzōopoiéōto (re-)vitalize (literally or figuratively)
- τίθημιtíthēmito place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or
- νεκρόςnekrósdead (literally or figuratively; also as noun)
- ἔθνοςéthnosa race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usuall
- καλέωkaléōto "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
- ὤνṓnbeing
- σέséthee
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Co 1:28, Gen 17:4–5, Jhn 5:21, Rom 8:29–30, Jhn 6:63, 1Pe 2:10, Eph 2:1–5, Rom 8:11