Hebrews 1:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καί, Σὺ κατʼ ἀρχάς, Κύριε, τὴν γῆν ἐθεμελίωσας· καὶ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σού εἰσιν οἱ οὐρανοί:

Transliteration

And, You according to archas, Kyrie, the gēn ethemeliōsas; and erga of the cheirōn of you eisin the ouranoi:

Grammar Details

• *archas*: accusative, feminine, plural - beginnings
• *Kyrie*: vocative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *gēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - earth/land
• *ethemeliōsas*: aorist active indicative, 2nd singular - founded/established
• *erga*: nominative, neuter, plural - works
• *cheirōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - of hands
• *eisin*: present active indicative, 3rd plural - are
• *ouranoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - heavens

Word Meanings

• *kat' archas*: in the beginning/at first/originally
• *ethemeliōsas*: founded/established/laid the foundation of
• *erga tōn cheirōn*: works of the hands/handiwork

Referenced Verses

• Ps 102:25-27 : 25 Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 27 But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end.
• Gen 1:1 : 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
• Deut 4:19 : 19 and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.
• Ps 8:3-4 : 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?
• Ps 19:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork.
• Prov 8:29 : 29 When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
• Isa 42:5 : 5 Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
• Isa 48:13 : 13 Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
• Isa 51:13 : 13 and hast forgotten Jehovah thy Maker, that stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fearest continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he maketh ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
• Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
• Jer 32:17 : 17 Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for thee,
• Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. [Thus] saith Jehovah, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:
• John 1:1-3 : 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.
• Rev 3:14 : 14 And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God: