Hebrews 4:2

“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.”

Hebrews 4:2 · direct translation from the Greek
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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.

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