Study it in the app“In faith all these died, not having received the promises, but having seen them from a distance and greeted them, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.”
InΚατὰfaithπίστινallπάντεςtheseοὗτοιdied,ἀπέθανονnotμὴhaving receivedλαβόντεςthe promises,τὰς ἐπαγγελίαςbutἀλλὰhaving seenἰδόντεςthemαὐτὰςfrom a distanceπόρρωθενandκαὶgreeted them,ἀσπασάμενοιandκαὶhaving confessedὁμολογήσαντεςthatὅτιthey wereεἰσινstrangersξένοιandκαὶpilgrimsπαρεπίδημοίonἐπὶthe earth.τῆς γῆς
trust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pistin” appearsdie
To stop living: the end of life in the body.
Where else “apethanon” appearsreceive
To be given something, like the Spirit.
Where else “labontes” appearspromise
Promise.
Where else “epangelias” appearssee
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “idontes” appearsfrom far away
From far away, at a distance.
Where else “porrōthen” appearsgreet
To greet.
Where else “aspasamenoi” appearsconfess
To state openly what one believes, as that Christ is Lord.
Where else “homologēsantes” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eisin” appearsstranger
Someone from another land or foreign to the place; or something unknown.
Where else “xenoi” appearssojourner, exile
Sojourner, exile: someone living as a foreigner in a land not their own.
Where else “parepidēmoi” appearsearth
The whole earth under heaven, where human beings live.
Where else “gēs” appears12Therefore 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.
13 · This verse (above)
14For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.
