Hebrews 9:27

American Standard Version (1901)

And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this [cometh] judgment;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ καθʼ ὅσον ἀπόκειται τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἅπαξ ἀποθανεῖν, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο κρίσις:

Transliteration

And just as kath' hoson apokeitai tois anthrōpois hapax apothanein, meta de touto krisis:

Grammar Details

• *Kai*: conjunction - 'and'
• *kath'*: preposition with accusative - 'according to'
• *hoson*: accusative neuter singular - 'as much as/inasmuch as'
• *apokeitai*: present middle/passive indicative, 3rd person singular - 'it is appointed/reserved'
• *tois anthrōpois*: dative masculine plural - 'for men/humans'
• *hapax*: adverb - 'once'
• *apothanein*: aorist active infinitive - 'to die'
• *meta*: preposition with accusative - 'after'
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - 'but/and'
• *touto*: accusative neuter singular demonstrative pronoun - 'this'
• *krisis*: nominative feminine singular - 'judgment'

Word Meanings

• *kath' hoson*: inasmuch as/just as
• *apokeitai*: it is appointed/reserved/destined
• *anthrōpois*: men/people/humans
• *hapax*: once/one time
• *apothanein*: to die
• *krisis*: judgment/decision/verdict

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things [done] in the body, according to what he hath done, whether [it be] good or bad.
• Eccl 12:14 : 14 For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
• Jude 1:15 : 15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have ungodly wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
• Matt 25:31-46 : 31 But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: 32 and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats; 33 and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; 36 naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink? 38 And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, [even] these least, ye did it unto me. 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me. 46 And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.
• Acts 17:31 : 31 inasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
• Gen 3:19 : 19 in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
• 2 Sam 14:14 : 14 For we must needs die, and are as water split on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.
• Eccl 3:20 : 20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
• Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
• Eccl 12:7 : 7 and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.
• John 5:26-29 : 26 For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself: 27 and he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man. 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, 29 and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.
• 2 Tim 4:1 : 1 I charge [thee] in the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus, who shall judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
• 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.
• Eccl 9:5 : 5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
• Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
• Rom 14:9-9 : 9 For to this end Christ died and lived [again], that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living. 10 But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or thou again, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God. 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, And every tongue shall confess to God. 12 So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.
• Rom 2:5 : 5 but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
• Rom 5:12 : 12 Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:--
• Heb 6:2 : 2 of the teaching of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
• Job 14:5 : 5 Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
• Job 19:25 : 25 But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he will stand up upon the earth:
• Job 30:23 : 23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.
• Ps 89:48 : 48 What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? {{Selah
• Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.