Hebrews 12:18
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,"
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
נָגַע
nâgaʻ
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive,...
שָׂרַף
sâraph
to be (causatively, set) on fire
כִּמְרִיר
kimrîyr
obscuration (as if from shrinkage of light, i.e. an eclipse (only in plural)
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Key Terms in This Verse
כִּמְרִיר kimrîyr
obscuration (as if from shrinkage of light, i.e. an eclipse (only in plural)
Study H3650 →נָגַע nâgaʻ
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, d...
Study H5060 →חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →Cross References
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
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