Study it in the app“By 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.”
By faithπίστειhe alsoκαὶreceivedἔλαβενpowerδύναμινtoεἰςbeget,καταβολὴν σπέρματοςtogether with SarahΣάρρᾳherself,αὐτῇevenκαὶbeyondπαρὰthe timeκαιρὸνof their age,ἡλικίαςsinceἐπεὶhe consideredἡγήσατοfaithfulπιστὸνthe one who had promised.τὸν ἐπαγγειλάμενον
trust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pistei” appearsreceive
To be given something, like the Spirit.
Where else “elaben” appearspower
The strength to act, above all that of God and his Spirit.
Where else “dynamin” appearsconception
Being able to conceive a child.
Where else “katabolēn” appearsoffspring
Someone's children and descendants.
Where else “spermatos” appearsSarah
Sarah: the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
Where else “Sarrai” appearsright time
The right moment for something.
Where else “kairon” appearsage
Years lived; "he is grown": an adult.
Where else “hēlikias” appearsconsider
To deem something so.
Where else “hēgēsato” appearsfaithful
Someone you can rely on.
Where else “piston” appearspromise
To pledge something, as God did to Abraham.
Where else “epangeilamenon” appears“Together with Sarah herself”: the base text reads the dative, and the “one” of v. 12 is masculine; “to beget” renders “for the laying down of seed.” Other editions read the nominative: “by faith Sarah herself also received power to conceive”; one adds “barren.” Many manuscripts add “gave birth.”
10for he was waiting for the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.
11 · This verse (above)
12Therefore also from one man, and that a man as good as dead, there were born descendants as the stars of heaven in number, and as the countless sand by the shore of the sea.
