What Does Romans 1:3 Mean in the King James?

Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

Romans 1:3 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The verse names the Son’s descent through David’s seed as the way he comes in flesh.

THE MEANING

The verse speaks to you now through a Son whose identity includes David’s seed and flesh. Promise and embodied human lineage are held together in one claim.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

It undoes the belief that what is sacred must arrive untouched by human ancestry or flesh; here the Son’s identity is spoken through both.

THE ROOT

σπέρματος

spermatos

GROWS FROM

σπερ

Seed; the Greek word family carries the sense of sowing and what is sown.

The Greek word ⁨σπέρμα⁩ can name both a seed and the line it generates. Here David’s lineage is joined to the Son’s coming in flesh, holding descent and embodied life together.

ALSO GROWS

speirō: to sow

σπείρω

The act of sowing shows the seed as something that gives rise to what follows.

spora: sowing; seed

σπορά

This related form keeps the image of seed connected to its planting and continuation.

sporos: seed; that which is sown

σπόρος

Its shared consonants preserve the link between the seed and the life it can produce.

σάρκα

sarka

GROWS FROM

σαρκ

Flesh; bodily substance.

The verse places the Son’s identity within actual human embodiment. Flesh is part of how the verse speaks of his descent, not an incidental detail.

ALSO GROWS

sarkikos: fleshly; pertaining to flesh

σαρκικός

This adjective carries the same flesh-root into descriptions of bodily or human life.

sarkinos: made of flesh; fleshy

σάρκινος

This form makes the material sense of the shared root explicit.

דָּוִד

Dawid

GROWS FROM

דוד

Traditionally associated with ⁨דּוֹד⁩ (dōd), “beloved”; the related noun can also mean “uncle.”

David’s name carries an association with belovedness. In this verse, the name also marks a lineage: the Son’s embodied descent is spoken through David’s line.

ALSO GROWS

dōd: beloved; uncle

דּוֹד

The shared consonants are traditionally connected with David’s name and its sense of belovedness.

dōdīm: loves; caresses

דֹּדִים

This related form uses the same ⁨דוד⁩ consonants for affection, echoing the name’s association with belovedness.

THE PATTERN

Promise takes shape through embodied lineage rather than bypassing it.

And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 12:3 · KJVThe promise of blessing is spoken through one person and extends outward to the families of the earth.

And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

2 Samuel 7:12 · KJVThe promise is carried forward through David’s own seed and embodied descent.

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

Hebrews 2:14 · KJVThe verse places the Son’s participation in flesh and blood within the same pattern of promise taking bodily form.

THE THREAD

Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:

2 Timothy 2:8 · KJV

The Greek uses the same seed word, ⁨σπέρμα⁩, to name Jesus’ descent from David. Romans names this lineage in flesh; Timothy holds that same lineage together with his being raised from the dead.

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