Hebrews 8:11

American Standard Version (1901)

And they shall not teach every man his fellow-citizen, And every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: For all shall know me, From the least to the greatest of them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ οὐ μὴ διδάξωσιν ἕκαστος τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἕκαστος τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, λέγων, Γνῶθι τὸν Κύριον: ὅτι πάντες εἰδήσουσίν με, ἀπὸ μικροῦ αὐτῶν ἕως μεγάλου αὐτῶν.

Transliteration

And not mē didaxōsin hekastos the plēsion of him, and hekastos the adelphon of him, legōn, Gnōthi the Kyrion: because all eidēsousin me, from mikrou of them until megalou of them.

Grammar Details

• *mē*: negative particle - not (emphatic with οὐ)
• *didaxōsin*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they should teach
• *hekastos*: nominative, masculine, singular - each one
• *plēsion*: accusative, masculine, singular - neighbor
• *adelphon*: accusative, masculine, singular - brother
• *legōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - saying
• *Gnōthi*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - know
• *Kyrion*: accusative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *eidēsousin*: future active indicative, 3rd person plural - they will know
• *mikrou*: genitive, masculine, singular - small/little
• *megalou*: genitive, masculine, singular - great/important

Word Meanings

• *didaxōsin*: they should teach/instruct/inform
• *Gnōthi*: know/understand/recognize
• *eidēsousin*: they will know/understand/recognize

Referenced Verses

• Isa 54:13 : 13 And all thy children shall be taught of Jehovah; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
• John 6:45 : 45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that hath heard from the Father, and hath learned, cometh unto me.
• 1 John 2:27 : 27 And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you; concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him.
• Jer 31:34 : 34 and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.
• Jer 42:1 : 1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,
• Jer 42:8 : 8 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,
• Jer 44:12 : 12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an execration, [and] an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
• Ezek 34:30 : 30 And they shall know that I, Jehovah, their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord Jehovah.
• Hab 2:14 : 14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.
• 2 Kgs 17:27-28 : 27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the law of the god of the land. 28 So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear Jehovah.
• 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
• 2 Chr 30:22 : 22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that had good understanding [in the service] of Jehovah. So they did eat throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace-offerings, and [ making confession to Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
• Ezra 7:25 : 25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God that is in thy hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people that are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye him that knoweth them not.
• Isa 2:3 : 3 And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth [ the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
• Acts 8:10 : 10 to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is called Great.
• Jer 6:13 : 13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
• Jer 24:7 : 7 And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Jehovah: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.