Hebrews 3:17

“And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness?”
Hebrews 3:17 · direct translation from the Greek

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Andδὲwith whomτίσινwas he angryπροσώχθισενfor fortyτεσσεράκονταyears?ἔτηWas it notοὐχὶwith those who sinned,τοῖς ἁμαρτήσασινwhoseὧνcorpsesτὰ κῶλαfellἔπεσενinἐνthe wilderness?τῇ ἐρήμῳ

Allusion · Numbers 14:29

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Both texts say that the corpses of those who sinned fell in the wilderness.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

κῶλαkōlaG2966פִגְרֵיfigreH6297“dead body”
ἔπεσενepesenG4098יִפְּלוּyipluH5307“fall”
ἐρήμῳerēmōiG2048מִּדְבָּרmidbarH4057“wilderness, desolate”

Hebrews 3:17, word by word

was he angryπροσώχθισενprosōchthisen

be angry with

Be angry with someone, be disgusted at them.

Where else “prosōchthisen” appears

for fortyτεσσεράκονταtesserakonta

forty

Forty.

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yearsἔτηetē

year

Year.

Where else “etē” appears

Was it notοὐχὶouchi

not

Not (in questions that expect "yes").

Where else “ouchi” appears

with those who sinnedἁμαρτήσασινhamartēsasin

sin

Sin: fail God, do what he forbids.

Where else “hamartēsasin” appears

corpsesκῶλαkōla

dead body

Dead body, corpse; literally, a limb.

Where else “kōla” appears

fellἔπεσενepesen

fail

To collapse, fail.

Where else “epesen” appears

the wildernessἐρήμῳerēmōi

wilderness

Land without people or crops.

Where else “erēmōi” appears

Translation note

This recalls Numbers 14:29.

The context

16For who heard and provoked him? Was it not all those who came out of Egypt through Moses?

17 · This verse (above)

18And to whom did he swear that they would not enter into his rest, if not to those who disobeyed?

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