Hebrews 13:14
New Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come."
Word-by-Word Analysis
גָּרַר
gârar
to drag off roughly; by implication, to bring up the cud (i.e. ruminate); by analogy, to saw
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
גָּרַר gârar
to drag off roughly; by implication, to bring up the cud (i.e. ruminate); by analogy, to saw
Study H1641 →בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
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