Lexicon
συνήδομαι
sunēdomai
G4913
G:V Greek

to delight

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sunedomai denotes taking delight in God’s law within the speaker’s inner being.

The attested use expresses the speaker’s present delight in the law of God within the inner being.

Senses in use

  1. Delighting in God’s law inwardly · dominant

    In Romans 7:22, the first-person present middle indicative form occurs in the statement about the speaker’s relation to the law of God “in my inner being”; the APB renders the clause, “For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Romans 7:22, the APB presents the clause as “I delight in the law of God in my inner being.” This rendering confirms the clause’s overall sense rather than isolating each word.

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