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whoοἵτινεςlaid downὑπέθηκανtheir ownἑαυτῶνnecksτὸν τράχηλονforὑπὲρmy life,τῆς ψυχῆς μουto whomοἷςnotοὐκIἐγὼaloneμόνοςgive thanksεὐχαριστῶbutἀλλὰalsoκαὶallπᾶσαιthe assembliesαἱ ἐκκλησίαιof the nations;τῶν ἐθνῶν
Romans 16:4
Study it in the app“who laid down their own necks for my life, to whom not I alone give thanks but also all the assemblies of the nations;”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 16:4, word by word
- laid downὑπέθηκανhypethēkan
risk
To risk one's own life for another, as if offering the neck.
Where else “hypethēkan” appears- necksτράχηλονtrachēlon
neck
Neck.
Where else “trachēlon” appears- my lifeψυχῆςpsychēs
life
Literally "soul": one's being alive, which can be saved, lost or given.
Where else “psychēs” appears- aloneμόνοςmonos
alone
With no one else.
Where else “monos” appears- give thanksεὐχαριστῶeucharistō
give thanks
Give thanks.
Where else “eucharistō” appears- the assembliesἐκκλησίαιekklēsiai
church
Those who believe in Jesus, gathered as his people.
Where else “ekklēsiai” appears- of the nationsἐθνῶνethnōn
Gentile
The peoples who are not Israel.
Where else “ethnōn” appears
The context
3Greet Prisca and Aquila, my coworkers in the Messiah Jesus,
4 · This verse (above)
5and greet the assembly in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Asia for the Messiah.
To study Romans 16 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say about Phoebe in the first verses, and what does he ask them to do for her? (vv. 1-2)
2. What it means
What does it show that Paul greets so many people by name and says something about several of them? (vv. 3-15)
3. How I live it
Paul thanks specific people for their work and support. Whom could you thank by name today?