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butδὲif it bearsἐκφέρουσαthornsἀκάνθαςandκαὶthistles,τριβόλουςit isworthlessἀδόκιμοςandκαὶnearἐγγύςto a curse,κατάραςwhoseἧςendτὸ τέλοςisforεἰςburning.καῦσιν
Hebrews 6:8
Study it in the app“but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to a curse, whose end is for burning.”
With the Greek beneath
Hebrews 6:8, word by word
- if it bearsἐκφέρουσαekpherousa
bear
To yield, as land yields thorns.
Where else “ekpherousa” appears- thornsἀκάνθαςakanthas
thorn
Thorn, thornbush.
Where else “akanthas” appears- thistlesτριβόλουςtribolous
thistle
Thistle, thorny weed.
Where else “tribolous” appears- worthlessἀδόκιμοςadokimos
disqualified, unfit
Disqualified: failing the test and so rejected; worthless, unfit.
Where else “adokimos” appears- nearἐγγύςengys
near
Near, close.
Where else “engys” appears- to a curseκατάραςkataras
curse
Curse, the opposite of a blessing.
Where else “kataras” appears- endτέλοςtelos
goal
The aim, where something leads.
Where else “telos” appears- burningκαῦσινkausin
burning
Burning, being burned.
Where else “kausin” appears
The context
7For land that drinks the rain that often falls on it, and produces vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also cultivated, receives a blessing from God;
8 · This verse (above)
9But about you, beloved, we are convinced of better things, and things that belong to salvation, even though we speak this way.