Hebrews 4:1
New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
יָרֵא
yârêʼ
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
בִּלְתִּי
biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because no...
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
פֶּתַח
pethach
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
יֶתֶר
yether
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
קָרוֹב
qârôwb
near (in place, kindred or time)
Key Terms in This Verse
עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →פֶּתַח pethach
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
Study H6607 →בִּלְתִּי biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.
Study H1115 →יֶתֶר yether
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
Study H3499 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →Cross References
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I ...
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