By faithΠίστειAbraham,Ἀβραὰμwhen he was called,καλούμενοςobeyedὑπήκουσενby going outἐξελθεῖνtoεἰςa placeτόπονthatὃνhe was goingἤμελλενto receiveλαμβάνεινasεἰςan inheritance;κληρονομίανandκαὶhe went outἐξῆλθενnotμὴknowingἐπιστάμενοςwhereποῦhe was going.ἔρχεται
Hebrews 11:8
Study it in the app“By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place that he was going to receive as an inheritance; and he went out not knowing where he was going.”
Abraham set out without knowing where he was goingFaithAbraham obeyed and set out without knowing where he was goingObedience
With the Greek beneath
Hebrews 11:8, word by word
- By faithΠίστειPistei
trust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “Pistei” appears- AbrahamἈβραὰμAbraam
Abraham
Abraham, the father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised to bless all the families of the earth through his offspring.
Where else “Abraam” appears- when he was calledκαλούμενοςkaloumenos
call to life
God inviting someone to a new life.
Where else “kaloumenos” appears- obeyedὑπήκουσενhypēkousen
obey
To listen and obey.
Where else “hypēkousen” appears- by going outἐξελθεῖνexelthein
go out
To leave the place where one was and go outside or elsewhere.
Where else “exelthein” appears- a placeτόπονtopon
place
A specific spot where something is or happens.
Where else “topon” appears- he was goingἤμελλενēmellen
be about to
Something on the point of happening.
Where else “ēmellen” appears- to receiveλαμβάνεινlambanein
receive
To be given something, like the Spirit.
Where else “lambanein” appears- an inheritanceκληρονομίανklēronomian
inheritance
Inheritance.
Where else “klēronomian” appears- knowingἐπιστάμενοςepistamenos
understand
Understand, know.
Where else “epistamenos” appears- whereποῦpou
where?
Where?
Where else “pou” appears- he was goingἔρχεταιerchetai
go
To set out toward a place.
Where else “erchetai” appears
The context
7By faith Noah, having been warned about things not yet seen, in reverence built an ark for the salvation of his house; through which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
8 · This verse (above)
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;