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Forγὰρwhen Godὁ θεόςmade a promiseἐπαγγειλάμενοςto Abraham,Τῷ Ἀβραὰμsinceἐπεὶhe hadεἶχενno oneοὐδενὸςgreaterμείζονοςbyκατ’whomto swear,ὀμόσαιhe sworeὤμοσενbyκαθ’himself,ἑαυτοῦ
Hebrews 6:13
Study it in the app“For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,”
With the Greek beneath
Hebrews 6:13, word by word
- when Godθεόςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- made a promiseἐπαγγειλάμενοςepangeilamenos
promise
To pledge something, as God did to Abraham.
Where else “epangeilamenos” appears- to AbrahamἈβραὰμAbraam
Abraham
Abraham, the father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised to bless all the families of the earth through his offspring.
Where else “Abraam” appears- he hadεἶχενeichen
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “eichen” appears- greaterμείζονοςmeizonos
greater
Of greater importance or rank than the rest.
Where else “meizonos” appears- to swearὀμόσαιomosai
swear
Swear, take an oath.
Where else “omosai” appears
The context
12so that you may not become sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
13 · This verse (above)
14saying: Surely I will bless you abundantly, and I will multiply you abundantly.