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AboutΠερὶthisοὗwe haveἡμῖνmuchπολὺςto say,ὁ λόγος λέγεινandκαὶit ishard to explain,δυσερμήνευτοςsinceἐπεὶyou have becomeγεγόνατεsluggishνωθροὶin hearing.ταῖς ἀκοαῖς
Hebrews 5:11
Study it in the app“About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing.”
With the Greek beneath
Hebrews 5:11, word by word
- muchπολὺςpolys
much
A great amount of something, like fruit or work.
Where else “polys” appears- to sayλόγοςlogos
word
What someone says or teaches.
Where else “logos” appears- to sayλέγεινlegein
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legein” appears- hard to explainδυσερμήνευτοςdysermēneutos
hard to explain
Hard to explain, hard to interpret.
Where else “dysermēneutos” appears- you have becomeγεγόνατεgegonate
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “gegonate” appears- sluggishνωθροὶnōthroi
sluggish
Sluggish, slow, lazy in understanding or in acting.
Where else “nōthroi” appears- in hearingἀκοαῖςakoais
hearing
The ability to perceive sounds and words; repeated, it stresses truly listening.
Where else “akoais” appears
The context
10being designated by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
11 · This verse (above)
12For indeed, though you ought to be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God, and you have become people needing milk, not solid food.