What Does Romans 8:27 Mean in the King James?
And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
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 breath’s intercession is already known in the heart before words can carry it.
THE MEANING
The One who searches the heart knows the breath’s inward direction. Its intercession is in line with God’s will, even where the reader has no words for it.
THE ROOT
ἐντυγχάνει
entynchanei
GROWS FROM
τυχ- / τυγχάνω (tych- / tynchánō)
To meet or encounter; the related verb can mean approaching someone with an appeal.
The word translated “intercession” carries the sense of meeting or approaching with a petition. The verse pictures the breath’s movement within the heart as an approach already known to God.
ALSO GROWS
tynchanō: To meet, encounter, or happen upon.
τυγχάνω
This basic sense gives “intercession” the shape of an approach, not just an inward thought.
hyperentynchano: To appeal on behalf of someone; to intercede.
ὑπερεντυγχάνω
The related verb in Romans 8:26 names the breath’s intercession through groanings that cannot be uttered.
φρόνημα
phronēma
GROWS FROM
φρον-
phron-
Mind, thought, or disposition; an orientation of thought.
“Mind” here is more than a collection of thoughts: it points to the breath’s orientation. God knows that inward direction as it intercedes.
ALSO GROWS
phronéō: To think or set one’s mind.
φρονέω
It shows the active orientation of thought behind the “mind” known in this verse.
phronēsis: Practical understanding or discernment.
φρόνησις
This related word carries thought into perception and judgment, echoing the verse’s focus on inward direction.
πνεύματος
pneumatos
GROWS FROM
πνεῦμα (pneuma), from πνευ- (pneu-)
Breath or blowing; also wind and spirit.
The Greek word translated “Spirit” belongs to the same word family as breath and blowing. The verse locates the known intention in this living inward movement, not in polished speech.
ALSO GROWS
pnéō: To blow.
πνέω
This verb makes the breath and wind sense of the word family visible.
pnoē: Breath or a blowing.
πνοή
This related noun shows how closely the word family holds breath and movement together.
THE PATTERN
What is hidden in the heart is already known to God before it appears outwardly.
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.THE THREAD
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.Romans 8:26 uses the related verb ὑπερεντυγχάνει (hyperentynchanei) for the breath’s intercession through unutterable groanings. Verse 27 continues that same movement: the heart-searching One knows its inward direction.
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