Hebrews 6:4

New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data

"For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,"

Word-by-Word Analysis

For it is

ἀδύνατος

adýnatos

G102

unable, i.e. weak (literally or figuratively); passively, impossible

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for those who were once

אוֹר

ʼôwr

H215

to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)

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and have

טְעֵם

ṭᵉʻêm

H2942

properly, flavor; figuratively, judgment (both subjective and objective); hence, account (both subjectively and objectively)

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of the

ἐπουράνιος

epouránios

G2032

above the sky

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שַׁחַד

shachad

H7810

a donation (venal or redemptive)

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and were

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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μέτοχος

métochos

G3353

participant, i.e. (as noun) a sharer; by implication, an associate

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of the

קֹדֶשׁ

qôdesh

H6944

a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

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גָּוַע

gâvaʻ

H1478

to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire

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Key Terms in This Verse

enlightened H215

אוֹר ʼôwr

to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)

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tasted H2942

טְעֵם ṭᵉʻêm

properly, flavor; figuratively, judgment (both subjective and objective); hence, account (both subjectively and objectively)

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impossible G102

ἀδύνατος adýnatos

unable, i.e. weak (literally or figuratively); passively, impossible

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partakers G3353

μέτοχος métochos

participant, i.e. (as noun) a sharer; by implication, an associate

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heavenly G2032

ἐπουράνιος epouránios

above the sky

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gift H7810

שַׁחַד shachad

a donation (venal or redemptive)

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Ghost H1478

גָּוַע gâvaʻ

to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire

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Holy H6944

קֹדֶשׁ qôdesh

a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

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made H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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Cross References

Matthew 5:13 cross-reference

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

John 15:6 cross-reference

If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

Hebrews 10:32 cross-reference

But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;

Ephesians 2:8 cross-reference

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

John 3:27 cross-reference

John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

Matthew 12:45 cross-reference

Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also...

Galatians 3:2 cross-reference

This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

2 Timothy 2:25 cross-reference

In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

1 Timothy 4:14 cross-reference

Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

Acts 11:17 cross-reference

Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?

Hebrews 2:4 cross-reference

God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?

Acts 10:45 cross-reference

And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Numbers 24:3 cross-reference

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

Ephesians 3:7 cross-reference

Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

John 6:32 cross-reference

Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.

Ephesians 4:7 cross-reference

But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Acts 8:20 cross-reference

But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

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