Hebrews 8:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And there will be no need for every man to be teaching his brother, or his neighbour, saying, This is the knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, great and small.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ οὐ μὴ διδάξωσιν ἕκαστος τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἕκαστος τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, λέγων, Γνῶθι τὸν Κύριον: ὅτι πάντες εἰδήσουσίν με, ἀπὸ μικροῦ αὐτῶν ἕως μεγάλου αὐτῶν.

Transliteration

And not mē didaxōsin hekastos the plēsion of him, and hekastos the adelphon of him, legōn, Gnōthi the Kyrion: because all eidēsousin me, from mikrou of them until megalou of them.

Grammar Details

• *mē*: negative particle - not (emphatic with οὐ)
• *didaxōsin*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they should teach
• *hekastos*: nominative, masculine, singular - each one
• *plēsion*: accusative, masculine, singular - neighbor
• *adelphon*: accusative, masculine, singular - brother
• *legōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - saying
• *Gnōthi*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - know
• *Kyrion*: accusative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *eidēsousin*: future active indicative, 3rd person plural - they will know
• *mikrou*: genitive, masculine, singular - small/little
• *megalou*: genitive, masculine, singular - great/important

Word Meanings

• *didaxōsin*: they should teach/instruct/inform
• *Gnōthi*: know/understand/recognize
• *eidēsousin*: they will know/understand/recognize

Referenced Verses

• Isa 54:13 : 13 And all your builders will be made wise by the Lord; and great will be the peace of your children.
• John 6:45 : 45 The writings of the prophets say, And they will all have teaching from God. Everyone whose ears have been open to the teaching of the Father comes to me.
• 1 John 2:27 : 27 As for you, the Spirit which he gave you is still in you, and you have no need of any teacher; but as his Spirit gives you teaching about all things, and is true and not false, so keep your hearts in him, through the teaching which he has given you.
• Jer 31:34 : 34 And no longer will they be teaching every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying, Get knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord: for they will have my forgiveness for their evil-doing, and their sin will go from my memory for ever.
• Jer 42:1 : 1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah, the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, came near,
• Jer 42:8 : 8 And he sent for Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were still with him, and all the people, from the least to the greatest,
• Jer 44:12 : 12 And I will take the last of Judah, whose minds are fixed on going into the land of Egypt and stopping there, and they will all come to their end, falling in the land of Egypt by the sword and by being short of food and by disease; death will overtake them, from the least to the greatest, death by the sword and by need of food: they will become an oath and a cause of wonder and a curse and a name of shame.
• Ezek 34:30 : 30 And they will be certain that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, the children of Israel, are my people, says the Lord.
• Hab 2:14 : 14 For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the sea is covered by the waters.
• 2 Kgs 17:27-28 : 27 Then the king of Assyria gave orders, saying, Send there one of the priests whom you took away, and let him be living there and teaching the people the way of the god of the land. 28 So one of the priests whom they had taken away as a prisoner from Samaria came back, and, living in Beth-el, became their teacher in the worship of the Lord.
• 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.
• 2 Chr 30:22 : 22 And Hezekiah said kind words to the Levites who were expert in the ordering of the worship of the Lord: so they kept the feast for seven days, offering peace-offerings and praising the Lord, the God of their fathers.
• Ezra 7:25 : 25 And you, Ezra, by the wisdom of your God which is in you, are to put rulers and judges to have authority over all the people across the river who have knowledge of the laws of your God; and you are to give teaching to him who has no knowledge of them.
• Isa 2:3 : 3 And the peoples will say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob: and he will give us knowledge of his ways, and we will be guided by his word; for out of Zion the law will go out, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
• Acts 8:10 : 10 To whom they all gave attention, from the smallest to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is named Great.
• Jer 6:13 : 13 For from the least of them even to the greatest, everyone is given up to getting money; from the prophet even to the priest, everyone is working deceit.
• Jer 24:7 : 7 And I will give them a heart to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord: and they will be my people, and I will be their God: for they will come back to me with all their heart.