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Forγὰρthe marriedὕπανδροςwomanἡ γυνὴis boundδέδεταιby lawνόμῳto her livingτῷ ζῶντιhusband;ἀνδρὶbutδὲifἐὰνthe husbandὁ ἀνήρdies,ἀποθάνῃshe is releasedκατήργηταιfromἀπὸthe lawτοῦ νόμουof the husband.τοῦ ἀνδρός
Romans 7:2
Study it in the app“For the married woman is bound by law to her living husband; but if the husband dies, she is released from the law of the husband.”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 7:2, word by word
- the marriedὕπανδροςhypandros
married
Married: a woman under the authority of a husband.
Where else “hypandros” appears- womanγυνὴgynē
woman
An adult female person; when addressing her, a respectful form.
Where else “gynē” appears- is boundδέδεταιdedetai
forbid
To forbid or bind: "whatever you bind on earth".
Where else “dedetai” appears- by lawνόμῳnomōi
law
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomōi” appears- to her livingζῶντιzōnti
live
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zōnti” appears- husbandἀνδρὶandri
husband
The married man, his wife's partner.
Where else “andri” appears- diesἀποθάνῃapothanēi
die
To stop living: the end of life in the body.
Where else “apothanēi” appears- she is releasedκατήργηταιkatērgētai
be done away
To come to an end, or stop having power over someone.
Where else “katērgētai” appears
The context
1Or do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is master over a person for as long a time as he lives?
2 · This verse (above)
3So then, while the husband is living, she will be called an adulteress if she becomes the wife of another man; but if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress if she becomes the wife of another man.
To study Romans 7 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say he does and does not do, and how does he feel about it? (vv. 15-19, 24)
2. What it means
Why do you think Paul describes his inner struggle so frankly? What answer does he give at the end? (vv. 21-25)
3. How I live it
Paul admits his inner struggle without hiding it. To whom could you confidently tell a struggle of your own?