Hebrews 6:18
New Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
ἀμετάθετος
ametáthetos
unchangeable, or (neuter as abstract) unchangeability
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
ἀδύνατος
adýnatos
unable, i.e. weak (literally or figuratively); passively, impossible
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
שָׁכַב
shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
חָזָק
châzâq
strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
נוּס
nûwç
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
חָזַק
châzaq
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra...
יָחַל
yâchal
to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
Key Terms in This Verse
ἀμετάθετος ametáthetos
unchangeable, or (neuter as abstract) unchangeability
Study G276 →ἀδύνατος adýnatos
unable, i.e. weak (literally or figuratively); passively, impossible
Study G102 →נוּס nûwç
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
Study H5127 →שָׁכַב shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
Study H7901 →חָזַק châzaq
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
Study H2388 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness whi...
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul...
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
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