Hebrews 3:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For every house is builded by some one; but he that built all things is God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Πᾶς γὰρ οἶκος κατασκευάζεται ὑπό τινος· ὁ δὲ τὰ πάντα κατασκευάσας Θεός.

Transliteration

Pas gar oikos kataskeuazetai hypo tinos; ho de ta panta kataskeuasas Theos.

Grammar Details

*Pas*: nominative, masculine, singular - every/all
*gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
*oikos*: nominative, masculine, singular - house/household
*kataskeuazetai*: present passive indicative, 3rd person singular - is built/prepared
*hypo*: preposition + genitive - by/under
*tinos*: indefinite pronoun, genitive, masculine, singular - someone/anyone
*ho*: article, nominative, masculine, singular - the
*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
*ta panta*: accusative, neuter, plural - all things/everything
*kataskeuasas*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having built/prepared
*Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God

Word Meanings

*Pas*: every/all/the whole
*oikos*: house/household/family/dwelling
*kataskeuazetai*: is built/prepared/constructed/established
*ta panta*: all things/everything/the universe
*kataskeuasas*: one who built/constructed/established/prepared

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Esth 2:10 : 10 Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.
Heb 1:2 : 2 hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in [his] Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;
Heb 3:3 : 3 For he hath been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he that built the house hath more honor than the house.
Esth 3:9 : 9 If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have the charge of the [king's] business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

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