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forγὰρhe was waiting forἐξεδέχετοthe cityτὴν πόλινthat hasἔχουσανfoundations,τοὺς θεμελίουςwhoseἧςdesignerτεχνίτηςandκαὶbuilderδημιουργὸςisGod.ὁ θεός
Hebrews 11:10
Study it in the app“for he was waiting for the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.”
Abraham set out without knowing where he was goingFaith
With the Greek beneath
Hebrews 11:10, word by word
- he was waiting forἐξεδέχετοexedecheto
wait for
Wait for, expect someone.
Where else “exedecheto” appears- the cityπόλινpolin
city, town
City, town.
Where else “polin” appears- that hasἔχουσανechousan
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echousan” appears- foundationsθεμελίουςthemelious
foundation
Foundation, a foundation stone.
Where else “themelious” appears- designerτεχνίτηςtechnitēs
designer
God, who planned and built the eternal city.
Where else “technitēs” appears- builderδημιουργὸςdēmiourgos
builder, maker
Builder, maker: the craftsman who makes the work.
Where else “dēmiourgos” appears- Godθεόςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears
The context
9By faith he lived as a resident alien in the land of the promise as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of the same promise;
10 · This verse (above)
11By faith he also received power to beget, together with Sarah herself, even beyond the time of their age, since he considered faithful the one who had promised.