Romans 1:27
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“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.”
κατεργάζομαι
To work out, to produce, to accomplish. Katergazomai. Work out your salvation with fear and trembling. God works in so that we can work out. The initiative is always His.
ἑαυτοῦ
themselves
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ἑαυτοῦ
him- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, our-, your-) self (selves), etc.
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δεῖ
was fitting
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δεῖ
also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding)
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χρῆσις
use
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χρῆσις
employment, i.e. (specially), sexual intercourse (as an occupation of the body)
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πλάνη
error
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πλάνη
objectively, fraudulence; subjectively, a straying from orthodoxy or piety
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τέ
then
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τέ
both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532 (καί))
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φυσικός
natural
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φυσικός
"physical", i.e. (by implication) instinctive
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ὄρεξις
desire
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ὄρεξις
excitement of the mind, i.e. longing after
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ἐκκαίω
were inflamed
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ἐκκαίω
to inflame deeply
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ὁμοίως
Likewise
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ὁμοίως
similarly
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θῆλυς
female
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θῆλυς
female
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