Romans 12:20
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.”
ἐχθρός
Enemy, adversary, hostile. Echthros. Love your enemies. The command to love enemies is the most radical ethical demand in history. Only the grace of God makes it possible.
πεινάω
shall hunger
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πεινάω
To hunger, to be famished. Peinao. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. Spiritual hunger is a grace. Those who hunger for God will always be filled.
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πῦρ
of fire
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πῦρ
Fire. Pur. Our God is a consuming fire. Fire purifies and fire destroys. What is genuine survives the fire. What is counterfeit is consumed by it. Let God refine you.
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ἐάν
If
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ἐάν
a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty
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διψάω
he shall thirst,
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διψάω
To thirst, to deeply desire. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be filled.
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κεφαλή
head
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κεφαλή
the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively
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ποιέω
doing
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ποιέω
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
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ψωμίζω
do feed
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ψωμίζω
to supply with bits, i.e. (generally) to nourish
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σωρεύω
you will heap
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σωρεύω
to pile up (literally or figuratively)
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ποτίζω
do give drink
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ποτίζω
to furnish drink, irrigate
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