Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Romans: Chapter 11]
Jews). {That he might have mercy} (\hina--ele•s•i\). Purpose with
\hina\ and aorist active subjunctive. No merit in anyone, but all
of grace. "The all" again, who receive God's mercy, not that
"all" men are saved.
11:33 {O the depth} (\O bathos\). Exclamation with omega and the
nominative case of \bathos\ (see on ¯2Co 8:2; Ro 8:39). Paul's
argument concerning God's elective grace and goodness has carried
him to the heights and now he pauses on the edge of the precipice
as he contemplates God's wisdom and knowledge, fully conscious of
his inability to sound the bottom with the plummet of human
reason and words. {Unsearchable} (\anexeraun•ta\). Double
compound (\a\ privative and \ex\) verbal adjective of \ereuna•\
(old spelling \-eu-\), late and rare word (LXX, Dio Cassius,
Heraclitus), only here in N.T. Some of God's wisdom can be known
(1:20f.), but not all. {Past tracing out} (\anexichniastoi\).
Another verbal adjective from \a\ privative and \exichniaz•\, to
trace out by tracks (\ichnos\ Ro 4:12). Late word in Job (Job
5:9; 9:10; 34:24) from which use Paul obtained it here and Eph
3:8 (only N.T. examples). Also in ecclesiastical writers. Some
of God's tracks he has left plain to us, but others are beyond
us.
11:34 {Who hath known?} (\tis egn•?\). Second aorist active
indicative of \gin•sk•\, a timeless aorist, did know, does know,
will know. Quotation from Isa 40:13. Quoted already in 1Co
2:16. {Counsellor} (\sumboulos\). Old word from \sun\ and
\boul•\. Only here in N.T. {His} (\autou\). Objective genitive,
counsellor to him (God). Some men seem to feel competent for the
job.
11:35 {First driven to him} (\proed•ken aut•i\). First aorist
active indicative of \prodid•mi\, to give beforehand or first.
Old verb, here alone in N.T. From Job 41:11, but not like the
LXX, Paul's own translation. {Shall be recompensed}
(\antapodoth•setai\). First future passive of double compound
\antapodid•mi\, to pay back (both \anti\ and \apo\), old word in
good sense, as here and Lu 14:14; 1Th 3:9 and in bad sense as
2Th 1:6; Ro 12:19.
11:36 {Of him} (\ex autou\), {through him} (\di' autou\), {unto
him} (\eis auton\). By these three prepositions Paul ascribes the
universe (\ta panta\) with all the phenomena concerning creation,
redemption, providence to God as the {Source} (\ex\), the {Agent}
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