Romans Chapter 1 verse 23 Holy Bible

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) Into an image made like to.--For the likeness of the image of mortal man. This anthropomorphism applies more especially to the religions of Greece and Rome. Representations of the Deity under the form of beasts were most common in Egypt. "Worship was universally paid to cattle, lions, cats, dogs, weasels, and otters; among the birds, to the sparrow-hawk, the hoopoe, the stork, and the sheldrake; and among fish, to the eel and lepidotus. Besides these, other creatures received local worship. The sheep was worshipped in Sais and the Thebais, but sacrificed and eaten in Lycopolis. The hippopotamus in the district of Papremis, and the crocodile in the greater part of the land, were considered specially sacred; but the latter was chased and eaten in Tentyra and Apollinopolis. The sacred serpent Thermapis which served as head-gear for Isis had holes in all the temples, where it was fed with veal fat." "Among the sacred beasts," says D?llinger, "the first place was given to the divine bulls, of which the Egyptians worshipped four." No doubt the images in Greece and the beasts in Egypt were by some of the people regarded only as symbols of the Deity, but it was in all probability only a small minority who were capable of drawing this distinction.Parallel Commentaries ...Greekandκαὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. exchangedἤλλαξαν (ēllaxan)Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralStrong's 236: To change, alter, exchange, transform. From allos; to make different.theτὴν (tēn)Article - Accusative Feminine SingularStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.gloryδόξαν (doxan)Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularStrong's 1391: From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application.of theτοῦ (tou)Article - Genitive Masculine SingularStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.immortalἀφθάρτου (aphthartou)Adjective - Genitive Masculine SingularStrong's 862: Indestructible, imperishable, incorruptible; hence: immortal. Undecaying.GodΘεοῦ (Theou)Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularStrong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.forἐν (en)PrepositionStrong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.imagesεἰκόνος (eikonos)Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularStrong's 1504: An image, likeness, bust. From eiko; a likeness, i.e. statue, profile, or representation, resemblance.of mortalφθαρτοῦ (phthartou)Adjective - Genitive Masculine SingularStrong's 5349: Corruptible, perishable. From phtheiro; decayed, i.e. perishable.manἀνθρώπου (anthrōpou)Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularStrong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.andκαὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. birdsπετεινῶν (peteinōn)Noun - Genitive Neuter PluralStrong's 4071: A bird, fowl. Neuter of a derivative of petomai; a flying animal, i.e. Bird.andκαὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. animalsτετραπόδων (tetrapodōn)Adjective - Genitive Neuter PluralStrong's 5074: Four-footed. From tessares and pous; a quadruped.andκαὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. reptiles.ἑρπετῶν (herpetōn)Noun - Genitive Neuter PluralStrong's 2062: Neuter of a derivative of herpo; a reptile, i.e. (compare remes) a small animal.Jump to PreviousAnimals Beasts Birds Changed Corruptible Crawling Creatures Creeping Eternal Fourfooted Four-Footed Fowls Glory Image Images Immortal Imperishable Incorruptible Instead Likeness Mortal Perishable Quadrupeds Reptiles Resembling Traded Worshipped Worshipping