Study it in the app“For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”
God's word is living and active, and discerns the thoughts of the heartThe Word of God
Forγὰρthe wordὁ λόγοςof Godτοῦ θεοῦislivingΖῶνandκαὶactiveἐνεργὴςandκαὶsharperτομώτεροςthanὑπὲρanyπᾶσανtwo-edgedδίστομονsword,μάχαιρανandκαὶpiercingδιϊκνούμενοςtoἄχριthe divisionμερισμοῦof soulψυχῆςandκαὶspirit,πνεύματοςof jointsἁρμῶνandτε καὶmarrow,μυελῶνandκαὶable to judgeκριτικὸςthe thoughtsἐνθυμήσεωνandκαὶintentionsἐννοιῶνof the heart.καρδίας
message
What God says, proclaimed to people.
Where else “logos” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearslive
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “Zōn” appearseffective, active
Effective, active, at work.
Where else “energēs” appearssharper
Sharper, more cutting.
Where else “tomōteros” appearstwo-edged
Two-edged, double-edged.
Where else “distomon” appearssword
Sword.
Where else “machairan” appearspenetrate, pierce
Penetrate, pierce, go through to the deepest part.
Where else “diiknoumenos” appearsuntil
Until; as far as.
Where else “achri” appearsdivision
Separating what is closely joined, like soul and spirit.
Where else “merismou” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “psychēs” appearsspirit
A person's spirit, their inner self.
Where else “pneumatos” appearsjoint
Joint: where parts of the body meet.
Where else “harmōn” appearsmarrow
Marrow, the inner part of the bones.
Where else “myelōn” appearsable to discern
Able to discern, able to judge and distinguish.
Where else “kritikos” appearsthought, reflection
Thought, reflection; also the planning of the mind.
Where else “enthymēseōn” appearsintention
What one purposes deep in the heart.
Where else “ennoiōn” appearsheart
Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
Where else “kardias” appears11Let us make every effort, then, to enter into that rest, so that no one may fall by the same example of disobedience.
12 · This verse (above)
13And there is no creature hidden before him, but all things are naked and laid bare to the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.
