Hebrews 10:2

biblecontext

{ "verseID": "Hebrews.10.2", "source": "Ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἂν ἐπαύσαντο προσφερόμεναι; διὰ τὸ μηδεμίαν ἔχειν ἔτι συνείδησιν ἁμαρτιῶν τοὺς λατρεύοντας ἅπαξ κεκαθαρμένους.", "text": "*Epei* not *an epausanto prospheromenai*? Through the *mēdemian echein eti syneidēsin hamartiōn* the ones *latreuontas hapax kekatharmenous*.", "grammar": { "*Epei*": "conjunction - since/because/otherwise", "*an epausanto*": "aorist, middle, indicative, 3rd person, plural with contingency particle - would have ceased", "*prospheromenai*": "present, passive, participle, nominative, feminine, plural - being offered", "*mēdemian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - none/no", "*echein*": "present, active, infinitive - to have", "*eti*": "adverb - still/yet/any longer", "*syneidēsin*": "accusative, feminine, singular - consciousness/awareness", "*hamartiōn*": "genitive, feminine, plural - of sins", "*latreuontas*": "present, active, participle, accusative, masculine, plural - ones serving/worshiping", "*hapax*": "adverb - once/once for all", "*kekatharmenous*": "perfect, passive, participle, accusative, masculine, plural - having been cleansed" }, "variants": { "*Epei*": "since/otherwise/for then", "*an epausanto*": "would have ceased/would have stopped", "*prospheromenai*": "being offered/being presented", "*syneidēsin*": "consciousness/awareness/conscience", "*latreuontas*": "worshipers/ones serving/ministers", "*hapax*": "once for all/once/one time only", "*kekatharmenous*": "having been cleansed/purified/made clean" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἂν ἐπαύσαντο προσφερόμεναι; διὰ τὸ μηδεμίαν ἔχειν ἔτι συνείδησιν ἁμαρτιῶν τοὺς λατρεύοντας ἅπαξ κεκαθαρμένους.

Transliteration

Epei not an epausanto prospheromenai? Through the mēdemian echein eti syneidēsin hamartiōn the ones latreuontas hapax kekatharmenous.

Grammar Details

• *Epei*: conjunction - since/because/otherwise
• *an epausanto*: aorist, middle, indicative, 3rd person, plural with contingency particle - would have ceased
• *prospheromenai*: present, passive, participle, nominative, feminine, plural - being offered
• *mēdemian*: accusative, feminine, singular - none/no
• *echein*: present, active, infinitive - to have
• *eti*: adverb - still/yet/any longer
• *syneidēsin*: accusative, feminine, singular - consciousness/awareness
• *hamartiōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - of sins
• *latreuontas*: present, active, participle, accusative, masculine, plural - ones serving/worshiping
• *hapax*: adverb - once/once for all
• *kekatharmenous*: perfect, passive, participle, accusative, masculine, plural - having been cleansed

Word Meanings

• *Epei*: since/otherwise/for then
• *an epausanto*: would have ceased/would have stopped
• *prospheromenai*: being offered/being presented
• *syneidēsin*: consciousness/awareness/conscience
• *latreuontas*: worshipers/ones serving/ministers
• *hapax*: once for all/once/one time only
• *kekatharmenous*: having been cleansed/purified/made clean

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Otherwise, wouldn’t they have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having been cleansed once for all, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For then would they not have ceased to be offered? Because the worshipers, once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Else would they not {G302} have ceased to be offered? because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For wolde not then those sacrifises have ceased to have bene offered because that the offerers once pourged shuld have had no moare conscieces of sinnes.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Els shulde they haue ceassed to haue bene offred, because that the offerers once pourged, shulde haue had nomore conscience of synnes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For would they not then haue ceased to haue bene offered, because that the offerers once purged, should haue had no more conscience of sinnes?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For woulde not then those sacrifices haue ceassed to haue ben offred, because that the offerers once pourged, shoulde haue had no more conscience of sinnes?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Or else wouldn't they have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  since, would they not have ceased to be offered, because of those serving having no more conscience of sins, having once been purified?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Else would they not have ceased to be offered? because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Else would they not have ceased to be offered? because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For if this had been possible, would there not have been an end of those offerings, because the worshippers would have been made completely clean and would have been no longer conscious of sins?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Or else wouldn't they have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers would have been purified once for all and so have no further consciousness of sin?

Referenced Verses

• Ps 103:12 : 12 { "verseID": "Psalms.103.12", "source": "כִּרְחֹ֣ק מִ֭זְרָח מִֽמַּֽעֲרָ֑ב הִֽרְחִ֥יק מִ֝מֶּ֗נּוּ אֶת־פְּשָׁעֵֽינוּ׃", "text": "As-*rəḥōq* *mizrāḥ* from-*maʿărāb* *hirḥîq* from-us *ʾet*-*pəšāʿênû*", "grammar": { "*rəḥōq*": "noun masculine singular with prefixed preposition *kə* - as the distance of", "*mizrāḥ*": "masculine singular noun - east", "*maʿărāb*": "masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition *min* - from west", "*hirḥîq*": "hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he has removed far", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*pəšāʿênû*": "masculine plural noun with 1st person plural suffix - our transgressions" }, "variants": { "*rəḥōq*": "distance/remoteness/far away", "*mizrāḥ*": "east/sunrise/place of sun's rising", "*maʿărāb*": "west/sunset/place of sun's setting", "*hirḥîq*": "removed far/distanced/separated", "*pəšāʿênû*": "our transgressions/rebellions/offenses" } }
• Isa 43:25 : 25 { "verseID": "Isaiah.43.25", "source": "אָנֹכִ֨י אָנֹכִ֥י ה֛וּא מֹחֶ֥ה פְשָׁעֶ֖יךָ לְמַעֲנִ֑י וְחַטֹּאתֶ֖יךָ לֹ֥א אֶזְכֹּֽר׃", "text": "I, I am *hûʾ* who *mōḥeh* your *pəšāʿêkā* for my sake, and your *ḥaṭṭōʾtêkā* not *ʾezkōr*.", "grammar": { "*hûʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he/it", "*mōḥeh*": "participle, masculine singular - wiping away/blotting out", "*pəšāʿêkā*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your transgressions", "*ḥaṭṭōʾtêkā*": "noun, feminine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your sins", "*ʾezkōr*": "imperfect, 1st person singular - I will remember" }, "variants": { "*hûʾ*": "he/it/that one", "*mōḥeh*": "wiping away/blotting out/erasing", "*pəšāʿêkā*": "your transgressions/your rebellions/your crimes", "*ḥaṭṭōʾtêkā*": "your sins/your offenses/your failures", "*ʾezkōr*": "will remember/will recall/will bring to mind" } }
• Isa 44:22 : 22 { "verseID": "Isaiah.44.22", "source": "מָחִ֤יתִי כָעָב֙ פְּשָׁעֶ֔יךָ וְכֶעָנָ֖ן חַטֹּאותֶ֑יךָ שׁוּבָ֥ה אֵלַ֖י כִּ֥י גְאַלְתִּֽיךָ׃", "text": "*māḥîṯî* *ḵāʿāḇ* *pəšāʿeḵā* *wəḵeʿānān* *ḥaṭṭôʾṯeḵā* *šûḇāh* *ʾēlay* *kî* *ḡəʾaltîḵā*", "grammar": { "*māḥîṯî*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have wiped out", "*ḵāʿāḇ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - like a thick cloud", "*pəšāʿeḵā*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your transgressions", "*wəḵeʿānān*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular - and like a cloud", "*ḥaṭṭôʾṯeḵā*": "noun, feminine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your sins", "*šûḇāh*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine singular - return", "*ʾēlay*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*ḡəʾaltîḵā*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - I have redeemed you" }, "variants": { "*māḥîṯî*": "I have wiped out/I have blotted out/I have erased", "*ʿāḇ*": "thick cloud/dark cloud/cloud mass", "*pəšāʿeḵā*": "your transgressions/your rebellions/your sins", "*ʿānān*": "cloud/cloudiness", "*ḥaṭṭôʾṯeḵā*": "your sins/your offenses/your wrongs", "*šûḇāh*": "return/come back/turn", "*ḡəʾaltîḵā*": "I have redeemed you/I have ransomed you/I have rescued you" } }
• Mic 7:19 : 19 { "verseID": "Micah.7.19", "source": "יָשׁ֣וּב יְרַֽחֲמֵ֔נוּ יִכְבֹּ֖שׁ עֲוֺֽנֹתֵ֑ינוּ וְתַשְׁלִ֛יךְ בִּמְצֻל֥וֹת יָ֖ם כָּל־חַטֹּאותָֽם׃", "text": "He will *yāšûb* *yəraḥămēnû*, he will *yikbōš* our *ʿăwōnōtênû*, and you will *tašlîk* in-*məṣūlôt* *yām* all-their *ḥaṭṭōʾûtām*.", "grammar": { "*yāšûb*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will return/turn", "*yəraḥămēnû*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person plural suffix - he will have compassion on us", "*yikbōš*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will subdue/tread down", "*ʿăwōnōtênû*": "masculine plural noun with 1st person plural suffix - our iniquities", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*tašlîk*": "Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will cast", "*bi-məṣūlôt*": "preposition + feminine plural construct noun - in depths of", "*yām*": "masculine singular noun - sea", "*kol*": "masculine singular construct - all of", "*ḥaṭṭōʾûtām*": "feminine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their sins" }, "variants": { "*yāšûb*": "he will return/turn again/repent", "*yəraḥămēnû*": "he will have compassion on us/have mercy on us", "*yikbōš*": "he will subdue/tread underfoot/suppress", "*ʿăwōnōtênû*": "our iniquities/sins/wrongdoings", "*tašlîk*": "you will cast/throw/hurl", "*məṣūlôt yām*": "depths of sea/ocean depths/deep waters", "*ḥaṭṭōʾûtām*": "their sins/offenses/transgressions" } }
• Heb 9:13-14 : 13 { "verseID": "Hebrews.9.13", "source": "Εἰ γὰρ τὸ αἷμα ταύρων καὶ τράγων, καὶ σποδὸς δαμάλεως ῥαντίζουσα τοὺς κεκοινωμένους, ἁγιάζει πρὸς τὴν τῆς σαρκὸς καθαρότητα:", "text": "For if the *haima taurōn kai tragōn*, and *spodos damaleōs rhantizousa tous kekoinōmenous*, *hagiazei pros tēn tēs sarkos katharotēta*:", "grammar": { "*Ei*": "conditional particle - 'if'", "*gar*": "postpositive conjunction - 'for'", "*to haima*": "nominative neuter singular - 'the blood'", "*taurōn*": "genitive masculine plural - 'of bulls'", "*kai*": "conjunction - 'and'", "*tragōn*": "genitive masculine plural - 'of goats'", "*spodos*": "nominative feminine singular - 'ashes'", "*damaleōs*": "genitive feminine singular - 'of a heifer'", "*rhantizousa*": "present active participle, nominative feminine singular - 'sprinkling'", "*tous kekoinōmenous*": "perfect passive participle, accusative masculine plural - 'the defiled/unclean ones'", "*hagiazei*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - 'sanctifies'", "*pros*": "preposition with accusative - 'for/unto'", "*tēn tēs sarkos*": "accusative feminine singular + genitive feminine singular - 'the of the flesh'", "*katharotēta*": "accusative feminine singular - 'purification/cleansing'" }, "variants": { "*haima*": "blood", "*taurōn*": "bulls/oxen", "*tragōn*": "goats", "*spodos*": "ashes/dust", "*damaleōs*": "heifer/young cow", "*rhantizousa*": "sprinkling/scattering", "*kekoinōmenous*": "defiled/unclean/impure ones", "*hagiazei*": "sanctifies/makes holy/purifies", "*pros*": "for/unto/toward", "*sarkos*": "flesh/body/physical nature", "*katharotēta*": "purification/cleansing/purity" } } 14 { "verseID": "Hebrews.9.14", "source": "Πόσῳ μᾶλλον τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς διὰ Πνεύματος αἰωνίου ἑαυτὸν προσήνεγκεν ἄμωμον τῷ Θεῷ, καθαριεῖ τὴν συνείδησιν ὑμῶν ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων εἰς τὸ λατρεύειν Θεῷ ζῶντι;", "text": "How much *mallon to haima tou Christou*, who through *Pneumatos aiōniou heauton prosēnegken amōmon tō Theō*, *kathariei tēn syneidēsin hymōn apo nekrōn ergōn eis to latreuein Theō zōnti*?", "grammar": { "*Posō*": "dative neuter singular interrogative - 'how much'", "*mallon*": "adverb, comparative - 'more/rather'", "*to haima*": "nominative neuter singular - 'the blood'", "*tou Christou*": "genitive masculine singular - 'of Christ'", "*hos*": "relative pronoun, nominative masculine singular - 'who'", "*dia*": "preposition with genitive - 'through'", "*Pneumatos aiōniou*": "genitive neuter singular + genitive adjective - 'eternal Spirit'", "*heauton*": "accusative masculine singular reflexive pronoun - 'himself'", "*prosēnegken*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - 'offered'", "*amōmon*": "accusative masculine singular adjective - 'unblemished/spotless'", "*tō Theō*": "dative masculine singular - 'to God'", "*kathariei*": "future active indicative, 3rd person singular - 'will cleanse'", "*tēn syneidēsin*": "accusative feminine singular - 'the conscience'", "*hymōn*": "genitive plural personal pronoun - 'of you/your'", "*apo*": "preposition with genitive - 'from'", "*nekrōn*": "genitive masculine plural adjective - 'dead'", "*ergōn*": "genitive neuter plural - 'works'", "*eis*": "preposition with accusative - 'for/unto'", "*to latreuein*": "articular present active infinitive - 'the serving'", "*Theō*": "dative masculine singular - 'to God'", "*zōnti*": "present active participle, dative masculine singular - 'living'" }, "variants": { "*mallon*": "more/rather/instead", "*haima*": "blood", "*Pneumatos aiōniou*": "eternal Spirit/everlasting Spirit", "*prosēnegken*": "offered/presented/brought", "*amōmon*": "unblemished/spotless/without defect", "*kathariei*": "will cleanse/purify/make clean", "*syneidēsin*": "conscience/moral consciousness", "*nekrōn ergōn*": "dead works/useless deeds", "*latreuein*": "to serve/worship/minister to", "*zōnti*": "living/alive" } }
• Heb 10:17 : 17 { "verseID": "Hebrews.10.17", "source": "Καὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν καὶ τῶν ἀνομιῶν αὐτῶν οὐ μὴ μνησθῶ ἔτι.", "text": "And the *hamartiōn* of them and the *anomiōn* of them not not *mnēsthō eti*.", "grammar": { "*hamartiōn*": "genitive, feminine, plural - of sins", "*anomiōn*": "genitive, feminine, plural - of lawlessnesses", "*mnēsthō*": "aorist, passive, subjunctive, 1st person, singular - I might remember", "*eti*": "adverb - still/yet/any longer" }, "variants": { "*hamartiōn*": "sins/misdeeds/wrongdoings", "*anomiōn*": "lawlessnesses/iniquities/transgressions", "*mnēsthō*": "I might remember/recall/bring to mind" } }