Forγάρwe tooκαὶ ἐσμενhave had the good news announced to us,εὐηγγελισμένοιjust asκαθάπερthey did;κἀκεῖνοιbutἀλλ’the wordὁ λόγοςthey heardτῆς ἀκοῆςdid notοὐκbenefitὠφέλησενthem,ἐκείνουςbecause they were notμὴunitedσυγκεκερασμένουςby faithτῇ πίστειwith those who heard it.τοῖς ἀκούσασιν
Hebrews 4:2
Study it in the app“For we too have had the good news announced to us, just as they did; but the word they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who heard it.”
With the Greek beneath
Hebrews 4:2, word by word
- we tooἐσμενesmen
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “esmen” appears- have had the good news announced to usεὐηγγελισμένοιeuēngelismenoi
proclaim good news
Announce the good news; in the passive, have the good news announced or be announced as good news.
Where else “euēngelismenoi” appears- just asκαθάπερkathaper
just as
"Just as", "even as".
Where else “kathaper” appears- they didκἀκεῖνοιkakeinoi
and that one
And that one, he too; and that.
Where else “kakeinoi” appears- the wordλόγοςlogos
message
What God says, proclaimed to people.
Where else “logos” appears- they heardἀκοῆςakoēs
message
What is preached and people listen to: the word proclaimed.
Where else “akoēs” appears- benefitὠφέλησενōphelēsen
help, benefit
Help, be of use.
Where else “ōphelēsen” appears- unitedσυγκεκερασμένουςsynkekerasmenous
unite
To mix with something until it becomes one.
Where else “synkekerasmenous” appears- by faithπίστειpistei
trust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pistei” appears- with those who heard itἀκούσασινakousasin
hear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “akousasin” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Other manuscripts read the singular, “because it was not united with faith in those who heard it,” referring to the word.
The context
1Let us fear, then, that, while a promise remains of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to have fallen short.
2 · This verse (above)
3For we who have believed enter into rest, just as he has said: So I swore in my wrath: They will not enter into my rest; although the works had been finished from the foundation of the world.