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Forγὰρeveryoneπᾶςwho feeds onὁ μετέχωνmilkγάλακτοςisunacquainted withἄπειροςthe wordλόγουof righteousness,δικαιοσύνηςforγάρhe isἐστινa child.νήπιος
Hebrews 5:13
Study it in the app“For everyone who feeds on milk is unacquainted with the word of righteousness, for he is a child.”
With the Greek beneath
Hebrews 5:13, word by word
- who feeds onμετέχωνmetechōn
share in, partake
Share in, have a part in something; eat or drink of something with others.
Where else “metechōn” appears- milkγάλακτοςgalaktos
milk
Milk, the food of little children; also as an image of simple, first teaching.
Where else “galaktos” appears- unacquainted withἄπειροςapeiros
inexperienced
Inexperienced, unacquainted with something.
Where else “apeiros” appears- the wordλόγουlogou
message
What God says, proclaimed to people.
Where else “logou” appears- of righteousnessδικαιοσύνηςdikaiosynēs
righteousness
Doing what is just, living as God wants.
Where else “dikaiosynēs” appears- he isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- a childνήπιοςnēpios
infant
Someone still immature in faith.
Where else “nēpios” appears
The context
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.
13 · This verse (above)
14But solid food is for the mature, those who because of practice have their faculties trained for distinguishing good and evil.