Romans Chapter 9 verse 7 Holy Bible

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) Neither are all the bodily descendants of Abraham also his spiritual descendants. It was expressly stated from the first that the promise was confined to a particular branch of his posterity. The posterity of Abraham, strictly so called, was to be that derived through Isaac. This is very nearly the sense of the original, "In Isaac shall thy seed be called," i.e., in "Isaac shalt thou have posterity, which shall be called thy posterity"--"true and legitimate descendants," thus excluding the seed of Hagar.Parallel Commentaries ...GreekNorοὐδ’ (oud’)ConjunctionStrong's 3761: Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even.becauseὅτι (hoti)ConjunctionStrong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.they areεἰσὶν (eisin)Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralStrong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.Abraham’sἈβραάμ (Abraam)Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularStrong's 11: Abraham, progenitor of the Hebrew race. Of Hebrew origin; Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch.descendantsσπέρμα (sperma)Noun - Nominative Neuter SingularStrong's 4690: From speiro; something sown, i.e. Seed; by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant.[are] they allπάντες (pantes)Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralStrong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.[his] children.τέκνα (tekna)Noun - Nominative Neuter PluralStrong's 5043: A child, descendent, inhabitant. From the base of timoria; a child.On the contrary,ἀλλ’ (all’)ConjunctionStrong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.“ThroughἘν (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.IsaacἸσαὰκ (Isaak)Noun - Dative Masculine SingularStrong's 2464: (Hebrew), Isaac, the patriarch. Of Hebrew origin; Isaac, the son of Abraham.yourσοι (soi)Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person SingularStrong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.offspringσπέρμα (sperma)Noun - Nominative Neuter SingularStrong's 4690: From speiro; something sown, i.e. Seed; by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant.will be reckoned.”κληθήσεταί (klēthēsetai)Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 2564: (a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name. Akin to the base of keleuo; to 'call'.Jump to PreviousAbraham Abraham's Children Contrary Descendants Isaac Offspring Posterity Promise Reckoned Seed True.