Romans 8:26
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”
προσεύχομαι
To pray, to make supplication. Proseuchomai. Pray without ceasing. Prayer is not a scheduled activity. It is the ongoing conversation of a heart in relationship with God.
πνεῦμα
Spirit
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πνεῦμα
Spirit, breath, wind. Pneuma. God is Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, God living inside every believer. He leads guides comforts and empowers.
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συναντιλαμβάνομαι
Help
synantilambánomai ·
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συναντιλαμβάνομαι
To help together, to cooperate. Sunantilambanomai. The Spirit helps us in our weakness. He comes alongside and takes hold with you of what you cannot hold alone.
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δεῖ
it behooves
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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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τίς
things which
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τίς
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
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ἀσθένεια
Weakness
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ἀσθένεια
feebleness (of mind or body); by implication, malady; morally, frailty
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ὡσαύτως
Likewise
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ὡσαύτως
as thus, i.e. in the same way
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ὑπερεντυγχάνω
Intercede
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ὑπερεντυγχάνω
to intercede in behalf of
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στεναγμός
Groanings
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στεναγμός
a sigh
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