Hebrews 6:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀδύνατον γὰρ τοὺς ἅπαξ φωτισθέντας, γευσαμένους τε τῆς δωρεᾶς τῆς ἐπουρανίου, καὶ μετόχους γενηθέντας Πνεύματος Ἁγίου,

Transliteration

Adynaton gar the ones hapax phōtisthentas, geusamenous te tēs dōreas tēs epouraniou, and metochous genēthentas Pneumatos Hagiou,

Grammar Details

• *Adynaton*: adjective, nominative/accusative singular neuter - impossible
• *gar*: conjunction - for/because
• *hapax*: adverb - once/once for all
• *phōtisthentas*: aorist passive participle, accusative plural masculine - enlightened/illuminated
• *geusamenous*: aorist middle participle, accusative plural masculine - having tasted
• *te*: conjunction - and/both
• *tēs dōreas*: genitive singular feminine - of the gift
• *tēs epouraniou*: genitive singular feminine - of the heavenly
• *metochous*: accusative plural masculine - partakers/partners/sharers
• *genēthentas*: aorist passive participle, accusative plural masculine - having become
• *Pneumatos*: genitive singular neuter - of Spirit
• *Hagiou*: genitive singular neuter - of Holy

Word Meanings

• *Adynaton*: impossible
• *hapax*: once/once for all
• *phōtisthentas*: enlightened/illuminated/given light
• *geusamenous*: having tasted/experienced
• *dōreas*: gift/free gift
• *epouraniou*: heavenly/celestial
• *metochous*: partakers/sharers/partners
• *genēthentas*: having become/been made
• *Pneumatos Hagiou*: Holy Spirit

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For{G1063} as touching those who were{G5461} once{G530} enlightened{G5461} and{G5037} tasted{G1089} of the{G1431} heavenly{G2032} gift,{G1431} and{G2532} were made{G1096} partakers{G3353} of the{G4151} Holy{G40} Spirit,{G4151}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For{G1063} it is impossible{G102} for those who were once{G530} enlightened{G5461}{(G5685)}, and{G5037} have tasted{G1089}{(G5666)} of the heavenly{G2032} gift{G1431}, and{G2532} were made{G1096}{(G5679)} partakers{G3353} of the Holy{G40} Ghost{G4151},

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For it is not possible yt they which were once lyghted and have tasted of the hevenly gyft and were become partetakers of the holy goost

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For it is not possible, that they which were once lighted, and haue taisted of the heauely gyfte, and are become partakers of the holy goost,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For it is impossible that they which were once lightened, & haue tasted of the heauenly gift, and were made partakers of the holy Ghost,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For it can not be that they which were once lighted, and haue tasted of the heauenly gyft, and were become partakers of the holy ghost,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For [it is] impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for `it is' impossible for those once enlightened, having tasted also of the heavenly gift, and partakers having became of the Holy Spirit,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  As for those who at one time saw the light, tasting the good things from heaven, and having their part in the Holy Spirit,

• World English Bible (2000)

  For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit,

Referenced Verses

• 2 Pet 2:20-22 : 20 For if, after escaping the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 Of them the true proverb has come true: "A dog returns to its own vomit," and, "A sow that is washed returns to wallowing in the mud."
• Heb 10:26-29 : 26 For if we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much more severe punishment do you think someone deserves who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, treated as unholy the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
• Heb 10:32 : 32 Remember those earlier days after you had been enlightened, when you endured a hard struggle with suffering.
• Eph 2:8 : 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—
• Matt 5:13 : 13 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by people.
• John 15:6 : 6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
• John 4:10 : 10 Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."
• Gal 3:2 : 2 I only want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
• Gal 3:5 : 5 Does God supply the Spirit to you and work miracles among you by works of the law or by hearing with faith?
• Matt 7:21-22 : 21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and cast out demons in Your name, and perform many miracles in Your name?'
• Num 24:15-16 : 15 Then Balaam began his oracle, saying: 'The oracle of Balaam, son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,' 16 'The oracle of one who hears the words of God and knows the knowledge of the Most High, who sees visions of the Almighty, who falls down, with eyes uncovered.'
• Matt 12:45 : 45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.
• Luke 11:24-26 : 24 When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it wanders through waterless places seeking rest but finds none. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ 25 When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. 26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.
• John 3:27 : 27 John replied, 'No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.'
• 1 John 5:16 : 16 If anyone sees a brother or sister committing a sin that does not lead to death, they should pray, and God will give life to them—those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying that one should pray about that.
• 2 Tim 2:25 : 25 Gently instruct those who oppose you, in the hope that God might grant them repentance, leading them to a knowledge of the truth.
• Heb 2:4 : 4 God also bore witness with signs and wonders and various miracles, and by distributions of the Holy Spirit according to His will.
• Eph 3:7 : 7 Of this gospel I became a servant, according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me through the working of His power.
• 1 Cor 13:1-2 : 1 If I speak in the tongues of people and of angels, but do not have love, I am like a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy, understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
• 1 Tim 4:14 : 14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy when the elders laid their hands on you.
• Heb 12:15-17 : 15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many. 16 Make sure that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright. 17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He found no opportunity for repentance, even though he sought it with tears.
• Luke 10:19-20 : 19 Behold, I have given you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. 20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.
• Matt 12:31-32 : 31 Therefore, I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
• John 6:32 : 32 Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.'
• Acts 8:20 : 20 But Peter said to him, 'May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!'
• Acts 10:45 : 45 The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,
• Acts 11:17 : 17 If then God gave them the same gift that He gave to us after we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to stand in God's way?
• Acts 15:8 : 8 And God, who knows the heart, bore witness by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us.
• Rom 1:11 : 11 For I long to see you, that I may share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen you—
• Num 24:3 : 3 He began his oracle, saying: 'The oracle of Balaam, son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is opened.'
• Jas 1:17-18 : 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. 18 By His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
• Eph 4:7 : 7 Now grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift.
• 2 Tim 4:14 : 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm; may the Lord repay him according to his deeds.