Hebrews 5:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ τελειωθεὶς, ἐγένετο τοῖς ὑπακούουσιν αὐτῷ πᾶσιν αἴτιος σωτηρίας αἰωνίου·

Transliteration

And having been teleiōtheis, he egeneto to the ones hypakouousin him pasin aitios of sōtērias aiōniou;

Grammar Details

• *Kai*: conjunction - and
• *teleiōtheis*: aorist passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having been perfected/completed
• *egeneto*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd singular - became
• *tois hypakouousin*: dative, masculine, plural with article + present active participle - to those obeying
• *autō*: dative, masculine, singular pronoun - him
• *pasin*: dative, masculine, plural adjective - all
• *aitios*: nominative, masculine, singular - cause/source
• *sōtērias*: genitive, feminine, singular - salvation
• *aiōniou*: genitive, feminine, singular adjective - eternal

Word Meanings

• *teleiōtheis*: having been perfected/completed/made complete
• *egeneto*: became/came to be
• *hypakouousin*: obeying/submitting to/heeding
• *aitios*: cause/source/author
• *sōtērias*: salvation/deliverance/preservation
• *aiōniou*: eternal/everlasting/age-lasting

Referenced Verses

• Heb 2:10 : 10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
• Acts 3:15 : 15 and killed the Prince of life; whom God raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
• Heb 12:2 : 2 looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of [our] faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Ps 68:18-20 : 18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led away captives; Thou hast received gifts among men, Yea, [among] the rebellious also, that Jehovah God might dwell [with them]. 19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily beareth our burden, Even the God who is our salvation. {H5542} 20 God is unto us a God of deliverances; And unto Jehovah the Lord belongeth escape from death.
• Isa 45:22 : 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.
• Rom 2:8 : 8 but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, [shall be] wrath and indignation,
• Rom 6:17 : 17 But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, {G1161} ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered;
• Rom 10:16 : 16 But they did not all hearken to the glad tidings. For Isaiah saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
• Rom 15:18 : 18 For I will not dare to speak of any things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
• 2 Cor 10:5 : 5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
• 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:
• 2 Thess 2:16 : 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
• 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
• Heb 2:3 : 3 how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;
• Isa 49:6 : 6 yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
• Isa 50:10 : 10 Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and rely upon his God.
• Isa 55:3 : 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
• Dan 9:24 : 24 Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.
• Zech 6:15 : 15 And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of Jehovah; and ye shall know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto you. And [this] shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of Jehovah your God.
• Matt 7:24-27 : 24 Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock: 25 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock. 26 And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand: 27 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.
• Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
• Luke 13:32 : 32 And he said unto them, Go and say to that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third [day] I am perfected.
• John 19:30 : 30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
• 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the {G2513} heart fervently:
• 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.
• Jude 1:21 : 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
• Ps 45:17 : 17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: Therefore shall the peoples give thee thanks for ever and ever.
• Ps 51:6 : 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.
• Ps 51:8 : 8 Make me to hear joy and gladness, That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
• Acts 4:12 : 12 And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, {G1722} wherein we must be saved.
• Acts 5:32 : 32 And we are {G846} witnesses of these things; and [so] [is] the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
• Rom 1:5 : 5 through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;
• Heb 9:12 : 12 nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.
• Heb 9:15 : 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
• Heb 11:8 : 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
• Heb 11:40 : 40 God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.