ὀξεῖς (oxeis) in Romans 3:15: Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine

Adjective: ὀξεῖς supplies the quality expressed as swift in Romans 3:15, where it the plural masculine nominative adjective serves as the predicate describing the readiness of their feet to shed blood.

Adjective ὀξεῖς carries no verbal tense or aspect in Romans 3:15; swift is determined by its clause relation.

For G3691 at Romans 3:15, no voice category is encoded by G3691. Its swift agreement with the masculine plural subject feet within the cited poetic line supplies the local relation.

ὀξεῖς has no mood marking. Its force belongs to the chain of Old Testament testimony showing that both Jews and Greeks are under sin.

G3691 at Romans 3:15 has no person marking. Its swift agreement connects G3691 with the masculine plural subject feet within the cited poetic line.

Nominative aligns ὀξεῖς with the masculine plural subject feet within the cited poetic line; case identifies that relation without deciding the paragraph's theology.

Plural matches the masculine plural subject feet within the cited poetic line. The Romans 3:15 wording, not number alone, fixes the expression's reach.

Masculine follows the masculine plural subject feet within the cited poetic line. The Romans 3:15 grammatical match adds no separate claim beyond that clause.

Hoi podes autōn, their feet, in the scriptural indictment of violence

The chain of Old Testament testimony showing that both Jews and Greeks are under sin

The plural masculine nominative adjective serves as the predicate describing the readiness of their feet to shed blood.

The adjective is figurative moral description, not a claim about physical speed or an anatomical source of guilt.

Moderate: The citation portrays sinful humanity as readily moving toward violence, contributing bodily imagery to Paul's comprehensive indictment.

Plural masculine nominative agreement binds swift to feet, while the infinitive phrase to shed blood states the violent end toward which they hurry.. The plural masculine nominative adjective serves as the predicate describing the readiness of their feet to shed blood.. Attached to hoi podes autōn, their feet, in the scriptural indictment of violence. Governed by the chain of Old Testament testimony showing that both Jews and Greeks are under sin. The adjective is figurative moral description, not a claim about physical speed or an anatomical source of guilt.

What does the adjective swift describe in Paul's scriptural portrait? It describes their feet as ready to move toward bloodshed, a vivid image of human eagerness for violence.

Direct: Swift preserves the predicate quality and the forceful bodily image of the citation.

Poetic feet language describes conduct and readiness rather than measuring literal speed. The plural their belongs to the scriptural portrait Paul applies corporately, not to a named subgroup in verse 15 alone.

Plural feet means universal identical behavior: The citation establishes universal subjection to sin without asserting that every person commits the same violent deed. adjective explains violence by anatomy: The body image portrays moral action; it does not locate guilt in a body part. morphology replaces literary context: The G3691 form clarifies the swift relation in Romans 3:15; the surrounding passage establishes its scope.

At Romans 3:15, the Romans 3:15 source token ὀξεῖς is G3691, A-NPM. The G3691 Romans 3:15 Textus Receptus row therefore anchors this guide.

ὀξύς is the lemma behind swift here. Within Romans 3:15, G3691 retains this exact lexical identity.

Plural masculine nominative agreement binds swift to feet, while the infinitive phrase to shed blood states the violent end toward which they hurry.

The citation portrays sinful humanity as readily moving toward violence, contributing bodily imagery to Paul's comprehensive indictment.

Romans gathers speech, movement, and sight imagery from Scripture to show sin's reach through the whole person before announcing righteousness by faith.

Explain the poetic body image and its purpose: the line exposes eager violence without claiming that every person commits the same outward act.

Do not literalize feet as morally independent agents, and do not use the plural adjective to erase the corporate, representative force of the citation chain.