Hebrews 6:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherein {G1722} God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐν ᾧ περισσότερον βουλόμενος ὁ Θεὸς, ἐπιδεῖξαι τοῖς κληρονόμοις τῆς ἐπαγγελίας τὸ ἀμετάθετον τῆς βουλῆς αὐτοῦ, ἐμεσίτευσεν ὅρκῳ:

Transliteration

In which perissoteron boulomenos the Theos, epideixai tois klēronomois tēs epangelias to ametatheton tēs boulēs autou, emesiteusen horkō:

Grammar Details

*perissoteron*: adverb comparative - more abundantly
*boulomenos*: present middle/passive participle, nominative singular masculine - willing/desiring
*Theos*: nominative singular masculine - God
*epideixai*: aorist active infinitive - to show/demonstrate
*tois klēronomois*: dative plural masculine - to the heirs
*tēs epangelias*: genitive singular feminine - of the promise
*to ametatheton*: accusative singular neuter - the unchangeableness
*tēs boulēs*: genitive singular feminine - of the counsel/purpose
*autou*: genitive singular masculine - of him
*emesiteusen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he guaranteed/confirmed
*horkō*: dative singular masculine - by an oath

Word Meanings

*perissoteron*: more abundantly/more emphatically
*boulomenos*: willing/desiring/wanting
*epideixai*: to show/to demonstrate/to prove
*klēronomois*: heirs
*epangelias*: promise/pledge
*ametatheton*: unchangeableness/immutability
*boulēs*: counsel/purpose/will
*emesiteusen*: guaranteed/confirmed/interposed/mediated
*horkō*: by an oath/with an oath

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Referenced Verses

Heb 11:9 : 9 By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a [land] not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
Heb 6:18 : 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:
Prov 19:21 : 21 There are many devices in a man's heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.
Ps 110:4 : 4 Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.
Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noah, being warned [of God] concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?
1 Pet 1:3 : 3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Pet 3:7 : 7 Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell with [your wives] according to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, {G2532} as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.
Gen 26:28 : 28 And they said, We saw plainly that Jehovah was with thee: and we said, Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee,
Exod 22:11 : 11 the oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, whether he hath not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods; and the owner thereof shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.
Job 23:13-14 : 13 But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. 14 For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him.
Ps 33:11 : 11 The counsel of Jehovah standeth fast for ever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations.
Ps 36:8 : 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; And thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
Song 5:1 : 1 I am come into my garden, my sister, [my] bride: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; Drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Isa 14:24 : 24 Jehovah of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
Isa 14:26-27 : 26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. 27 For Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
Isa 46:10 : 10 declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;
Isa 54:9-9 : 9 For this is [as] the waters of Noah unto me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. 10 For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my lovingkindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah that hath mercy on thee.
Isa 55:7 : 7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Isa 55:11 : 11 so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Jer 33:20-21 : 20 Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season; 21 then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he shall not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
Jer 33:25-26 : 25 Thus saith Jehovah: If my covenant of day and night [stand] not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 26 then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them.
Mal 3:6 : 6 For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
John 10:10 : 10 The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and {G2443} may have [it] abundantly.
Rom 8:17 : 17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified with [him].
Rom 11:29 : 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of.
Gal 3:29 : 29 And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, {G2532} heirs according to promise.
Heb 6:12 : 12 that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Heb 6:16 : 16 For men {G3303} swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

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Heb 6:18-19
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18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:
19which we have as an anchor of the soul, [a hope] both sure and stedfast and entering into that which is within the veil;
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11And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:
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13For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,
14saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
15And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
16For men {G3303} swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
1 Chr 16:16-17
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16[ The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,
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19(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw nigh unto God.
20And inasmuch as [it is] not without the taking of an oath
21(for {G3303} they indeed have been made priests without an oath; but he with an oath by him that saith of him, The Lord sware and will not repent himself, Thou art a priest for ever);
22by so much also hath Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.
Ps 105:9-10
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9[ The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,
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Gal 3:15
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15Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it be but a man's covenant, yet when it hath been confirmed, no one maketh it void, or addeth thereto.
Heb 8:6-7
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Gal 3:17-18
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17Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, {G1519} {G5547} the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.
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3And this will we do, if God permit.
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2And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
Heb 11:17
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20For how many soever be the promises of God, in him is the yea: wherefore also through him is the Amen, unto the glory of God through us.
Heb 7:6-7
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6but he whose genealogy is not counted from them hath taken tithes of Abraham, and hath blessed him that hath the promises.
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Heb 3:18
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18And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but {G3361} to them that were disobedient?
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40God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
Deut 29:12
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12that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day;
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Jas 5:12
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12But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.