Hebrews 11:37

New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data

"They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;"

Word-by-Word Analysis

They were

רָגַם

râgam

H7275

to cast together (stones), i.e. to lapidate

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they were

English grammatical function word ('sawn'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in...

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גָּדַע

gâdaʻ

H1438

to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything

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were

נָסָה

nâçâh

H5254

to test; by implication, to attempt

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were

חָלָל

châlâl

H2491

pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted

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with the

חֶרֶב

chereb

H2719

drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

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they

תָּעָה

tâʻâh

H8582

to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both

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סָבִיב

çâbîyb

H5439

(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around

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in

μηλωτή

mēlōtḗ

G3374

a sheep-skin

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and

English grammatical function word ('goatskins'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivale...

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being

עָזַב

ʻâzab

H5800

to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.

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עָנָה

ʻânâh

H6031

to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)

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βασανίζω

basanízō

G928

to torture

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Key Terms in This Verse

sawn GRAM

English grammatical function word ('sawn'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are requi...

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sheepskins G3374

μηλωτή mēlōtḗ

a sheep-skin

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goatskins GRAM

English grammatical function word ('goatskins'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are ...

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destitute H5800

עָזַב ʻâzab

to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.

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tormented G928

βασανίζω basanízō

to torture

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wandered H8582

תָּעָה tâʻâh

to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both

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asunder H1438

גָּדַע gâdaʻ

to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything

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stoned H7275

רָגַם râgam

to cast together (stones), i.e. to lapidate

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tempted H5254

נָסָה nâçâh

to test; by implication, to attempt

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afflicted H6031

עָנָה ʻânâh

to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 24:21 cross-reference

And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.

Jeremiah 26:23 cross-reference

And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.

1 Kings 19:10 cross-reference

And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I o...

2 Kings 1:8 cross-reference

And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

Acts 7:52 cross-reference

Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

1 Kings 21:10 cross-reference

And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

Acts 14:19 cross-reference

And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.

1 Kings 18:13 cross-reference

Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

Matthew 3:4 cross-reference

And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

Zechariah 13:9 cross-reference

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my ...

Matthew 8:20 cross-reference

And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

1 Kings 19:14 cross-reference

And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even...

1 Kings 19:1 cross-reference

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

Revelation 11:3 cross-reference

And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

2 Corinthians 12:10 cross-reference

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Luke 13:34 cross-reference

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and...

1 Kings 18:4 cross-reference

For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

Jeremiah 2:30 cross-reference

In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

Matthew 21:35 cross-reference

And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

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