Hebrews 6:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἵνα διὰ δύο πραγμάτων ἀμεταθέτων, ἐν οἷς ἀδύνατον ψεύσασθαι Θεόν, ἰσχυρὰν παράκλησιν ἔχωμεν, οἱ καταφυγόντες κρατῆσαι τῆς προκειμένης ἐλπίδος:

Transliteration

Hina dia dyo pragmatōn ametathētōn, in which adynaton pseusasthai Theon, ischyran paraklēsin echōmen, the ones kataphygontes kratēsai tēs prokeimenēs elpidos:

Grammar Details

• *Hina*: conjunction - so that/in order that
• *dia*: preposition + genitive - through/by
• *dyo*: numeral - two
• *pragmatōn*: genitive plural neuter - things/matters
• *ametathētōn*: genitive plural neuter - unchangeable
• *adynaton*: nominative/accusative singular neuter - impossible
• *pseusasthai*: aorist middle infinitive - to lie
• *Theon*: accusative singular masculine - God
• *ischyran*: accusative singular feminine - strong
• *paraklēsin*: accusative singular feminine - encouragement/consolation
• *echōmen*: present active subjunctive, 1st person plural - we might have
• *kataphygontes*: aorist active participle, nominative plural masculine - having fled for refuge
• *kratēsai*: aorist active infinitive - to lay hold of
• *tēs prokeimenēs*: present middle/passive participle, genitive singular feminine - of the set before
• *elpidos*: genitive singular feminine - of hope

Word Meanings

• *Hina*: so that/in order that
• *pragmatōn*: things/matters/facts
• *ametathētōn*: unchangeable/immutable
• *adynaton*: impossible
• *pseusasthai*: to lie/to speak falsely
• *ischyran*: strong/powerful
• *paraklēsin*: encouragement/consolation/comfort
• *kataphygontes*: having fled for refuge/taken refuge
• *kratēsai*: to lay hold of/to seize/to grasp
• *prokeimenēs*: set before/set forth/lying before us
• *elpidos*: hope/expectation

Referenced Verses

• Titus 1:2 : 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;
• Num 23:19 : 19 God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?
• 1 Sam 15:29 : 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.
• Isa 27:5 : 5 Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; [yea], let him make peace with me.
• Isa 32:1-2 : 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice. 2 And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
• Isa 51:12 : 12 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou art afraid of man that shall die, and of the son of man that shall be made as grass;
• Isa 56:4 : 4 For thus saith Jehovah of the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant:
• Isa 64:7 : 7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us by means of our iniquities.
• Gen 19:22 : 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
• Prov 4:13 : 13 Take fast hold of instruction; Let her not go: Keep her; For she is thy life.
• Zech 9:12 : 12 Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope: even to-day do I declare that I will render double unto thee.
• Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
• 1 Kgs 2:28 : 28 And the tidings came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the Tent of Jehovah, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
• Ps 46:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
• Num 35:11-15 : 11 then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither. 12 And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation for judgment. 13 And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge. 14 Ye shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge. 15 For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that every one that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.
• Josh 20:3 : 3 that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly [and] unawares may flee thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.
• Ps 110:4 : 4 Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.
• 1 Tim 1:1 : 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and {G2962} Christ Jesus our hope;
• 1 Tim 6:12 : 12 Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto {G1519} thou wast {G2532} called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
• 2 Tim 2:13 : 13 if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he {G1410} cannot deny himself.
• Heb 3:11 : 11 As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.
• Luke 2:25 : 25 And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
• Rom 3:4 : 4 God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.
• Rom 3:25 : 25 whom God set forth [to be] a propitiation, through faith, in his blood, to show his righteousness because of the passing over of the sins done aforetime, in the forbearance of God;
• Rom 15:5 : 5 Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus:
• 2 Cor 1:5-7 : 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound unto us, even so our comfort also aboundeth through Christ. 6 But whether we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which worketh in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: 7 and our hope for you is stedfast; knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also are ye of the comfort.
• Phil 2:1 : 1 If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,
• Col 1:5 : 5 because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,
• Col 1:27 : 27 to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
• 1 Thess 1:10 : 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath to come.
• 2 Thess 2:16-17 : 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, 17 comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.
• Heb 7:21 : 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);
• 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.
• Heb 12:1-2 : 1 Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 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.
• 1 John 1:10 : 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
• 1 John 5:10 : 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son.
• Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.
• Ps 62:8 : 8 Trust in him at all times, ye people; Pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. {H5542}
• Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
• Isa 66:10-13 : 10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn over her; 11 that ye may suck and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. 12 For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream: and ye shall suck [thereof]; ye shall be borne upon the side, and shall be dandled upon the knees. 13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
• Heb 3:6 : 6 but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.
• Col 1:23 : 23 if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.
• 2 Cor 5:18-21 : 18 But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through {G2424} Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 20 We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beseech [you] on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God. 21 {G1063} Him who knew no sin he made [to be] sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.