Hebrews 12:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ τροχιὰς ὀρθὰς ποιήσατε τοῖς ποσὶν ὑμῶν, ἵνα μὴ τὸ χωλὸν ἐκτραπῇ· ἰαθῇ δὲ μᾶλλον.

Transliteration

And trochias orthas poiēsate for the posin of you, so that not the chōlon ektrapē; iathē but rather.

Grammar Details

• *trochias*: noun, accusative, plural, feminine - paths/tracks
• *orthas*: adjective, accusative, plural, feminine - straight/level/upright
• *poiēsate*: verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural - make/do
• *posin*: noun, dative, plural, masculine - for feet
• *chōlon*: adjective, nominative, singular, neuter - lame/crippled
• *ektrapē*: verb, aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular - be turned aside/dislocated
• *iathē*: verb, aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular - be healed

Word Meanings

• *trochias*: paths/tracks/ways
• *orthas*: straight/level/upright/proper
• *chōlon*: lame/crippled/limping/halting
• *ektrapē*: be turned aside/dislocated/put out of joint/turned out of the way
• *iathē*: be healed/cured/restored to health

Referenced Verses

• Gal 6:1 : 1 Brethren, even if {G2532} a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
• Prov 4:26-27 : 26 Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established. 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.
• Isa 35:3 : 3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
• Isa 35:6 : 6 Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
• Isa 35:8-9 : 8 [And a highway] [shall be there, and a way,] [and it shall be called] [The way] [of holiness;] [the unclean] [shall not pass over] [it; but is shall be for the redeemed]: the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err [therein]. 9 No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon; they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk [there]: 10 and the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
• Isa 40:3-4 : 3 The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:
• Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.
• Isa 58:12 : 12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places; thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
• Jer 18:15 : 15 For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false [gods]; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not cast up;
• Jer 31:8-9 : 8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, [and] with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall they return hither. 9 They shall come with weeping; and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.
• Luke 3:5 : 5 Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways {G1519} smooth;
• Jas 5:16 : 16 Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The {G1754} supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.
• Jude 1:22-23 : 22 And on some have mercy, who are in doubt; 23 and some save, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.