Hebrews 11:33

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Which through faith subdued kingdomes, wrought righteousnesse, obteyned the promises, stopped the mouthes of the Lions,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἳ διὰ πίστεως κατηγωνίσαντο βασιλείας, εἰργάσαντο δικαιοσύνην, ἐπέτυχον ἐπαγγελιῶν, ἔφραξαν στόματα λεόντων,

Transliteration

Who through pisteōs katēgōnisanto basileias, eirgasanto dikaiosynēn, epetychon epangeliōn, ephraxan stomata of leontōn,

Grammar Details

• *pisteōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of faith
• *katēgōnisanto*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd plural - conquered/subdued
• *basileias*: accusative, feminine, plural - kingdoms
• *eirgasanto*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd plural - worked/performed
• *dikaiosynēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - righteousness
• *epetychon*: aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - obtained
• *epangeliōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - of promises
• *ephraxan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - stopped/shut
• *stomata*: accusative, neuter, plural - mouths
• *leontōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of lions

Word Meanings

• *katēgōnisanto*: conquered/subdued/overcame
• *basileias*: kingdoms/reigns/royal power
• *eirgasanto*: worked/performed/accomplished
• *dikaiosynēn*: righteousness/justice/right conduct
• *epetychon*: obtained/attained/acquired
• *epangeliōn*: promises/pledges/announcements
• *ephraxan*: stopped/shut/closed
• *stomata*: mouths/openings
• *leontōn*: lions/predatory animals

Referenced Verses

• Judg 14:5-6 : 5 Then went Samson and his father & his mother downe to Thamnath, and came to the vineyardes of Thamnath: and beholde, a young Lion roared vpon him. 6 And the spirite of the Lord came vpo him, and he tare him as he would haue rent a kydde, and yet had nothing in his hande: neither tolde his father and mother what he had done.
• 1 Sam 17:33-36 : 33 And Saul sayde to Dauid againe: Thou art not able to go against yonder Philistine, to fight with him: For thou art but a childe, but he is a man of warre euen from his youth. 34 Dauid aunswered vnto Saul: Thy seruaunt kept his fathers sheepe, & ther came a lion and likewise a beare, and toke a sheepe, out of the flocke: 35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and toke it out of his mouth: And whe he arose against me, I caught him by the bearde, and smote him, and slue him. 36 And so thy seruaunte slue both the lion, and the beare: And trulie this vncircumcised Philistine shalbe as one of them, seing he hath rayled on the hoast of the liuyng God.
• Ps 144:1-2 : 1 Of Dauid. Blessed be God my rocke: who teacheth my handes to warre, and my fingers to fyght. 2 My holynesse and my fortresse, my refuge, and my only deliuerer: my buckler, in hym I haue put my trust, who subdueth my people vnder me.
• Ps 144:10 : 10 Who geueth victorie vnto kynges: who redeemeth Dauid his seruaunt from peryll of the sworde.
• Dan 6:20-23 : 20 Now as he came nye vnto the denne, he cryed with a pitious voyce vnto Daniel, yea the king spake and saide vnto Daniel: O Daniel, thou seruaut of the liuing God, is not thy God whom thou seruest alway, able to deliuer thee from ye lions? 21 Then Daniel saide vnto the king: O king, liue for euer. 22 My God hath sent his angel, which hath shut the lions mouthes, so that they might not hurt me, for myne vngiltinesse is founde out before him: and as for thee O king, I neuer offended thee. 23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, & commaunded to take Daniel out of the denne: So Daniel was brought out of ye denne, & no maner of hurt was founde vpon him, for he put his trust in his God.
• Gal 3:16 : 16 To Abraham and his seede were the promises made. He sayth not to the seedes, as of many: but to thy seede, as of one, which is Christe.
• 2 Tim 4:17 : 17 Notwithstandyng, the Lorde assisted me, and strengthed me, that by me the preachyng should be fulfylled to the vtmost, and that all the gentiles should heare, and I was deliuered out of the mouth of the Lion.
• Heb 6:12-15 : 12 That ye faynt not, but be folowers of them which through fayth and pacience inherite the promises. 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he had no greater to sweare by, he sware by hym selfe, 14 Saying: Surely, blessyng I wyll blesse thee, and multipliyng, multiplie thee. 15 And so after that he had taryed paciently, he enioyed the promise.
• Heb 10:36 : 36 For ye haue neede of pacience, that after ye haue done the wyll of God, ye myght receaue the promise.
• Heb 11:4-8 : 4 By fayth Abel offered vnto God a more excellent sacrifice then Cain: by whiche he was witnessed to be ryghteous, God testifiyng of his gyftes: by which also he beyng dead, yet speaketh. 5 By fayth was Enoch translated, that he shoulde not see death, neither was he founde, for God had taken hym away: For afore he was taken away, he was reported of to haue pleased God. 6 But without fayth it is vnpossible to please hym: For he that cometh to God, must beleue that God is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seeke him. 7 By fayth Noe beyng warned of God of thinges not seene as yet, moued with reuerence, prepared the arke to the sauyng of his house, through the whiche arke he condempned the worlde, and became heire of the righteousnes which is by fayth. 8 By fayth Abraham when he was called, obeyed, to go out into a place whiche he shoulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce: and he went out, not knowyng whyther he shoulde go.
• Heb 11:17 : 17 By fayth Abraham offered by Isaac when he was proued: and he that had receaued the promises, offered vp his only begotten sonne:
• 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, & watche, for your aduersarie the deuyll, as a roaryng Lion walketh about seking who he may deuour:
• 2 Sam 5:4-9 : 4 Dauid was thirtie yeres olde when he began to raigne, and he raigned fourtie yeres. 5 In Hebron he raigned ouer Iuda seuen yeres and sixe monethes: and in Hierusalem he raigned thirtie and three yeres ouer all Israel and Iuda. 6 The king also and his men went to Hierusalem vnto the Iebusites the inhabitauntes of the lande, whiche spake vnto Dauid, saying: Except thou take away the blinde and the lame, thou shalt not come in hyther: For they said, Thou art not able to come in hyther. 7 Neuerthelesse, Dauid toke the strong hold of Sion: the same is the citie of Dauid. 8 And Dauid sayde the same day: Whosoeuer smyteth the Iebusites, and getteth vp to the gutters of the houses, and smyteth the lame and the blinde, hated of Dauid soule, I will preferre him. Wherfore they said: The blinde and the lame shal not come into that house. 9 And so Dauid dwelt in the towre, and called it the citie of Dauid, and buylt round about it, from Millo & inward. 10 And Dauid prospered and grewe, and ye Lord God of hoastes was with him. 11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to Dauid, and Cedar trees, & carpenters, and masons for walles: and they buylt Dauid an house. 12 And Dauid perceaued that the Lord had stablished him king ouer Israel, & that he had exalted his kingdome for his people Israels sake. 13 And Dauid toke him mo concubines and wyues out of Hierusalem, after he was come from Hebron, and mo sonnes & daughters were yet borne to Dauid. 14 And these be the names of the sonnes that were borne vnto him in Hierusalem: Samua, Sobab, Nathan, & Solomon, 15 Ibhar also and Elisua, Nepheg, and Iaphia, 16 Elisama, Eliada, and Eliphelet. 17 But when the Philistines hearde that they had annoynted Dauid king ouer Israel, they came all vp to seke Dauid: And assoone as Dauid hearde of it, he gat him to an holde. 18 And when the Philistines came, they spread them selues in the valley of Raphaim. 19 And Dauid asked counsel of the Lord, saying: Shall I go vp to the Philistines? Wilt thou deliuer them into my handes? And the Lorde aunswered vnto Dauid: Go vp, for I will doubtlesse deliuer the Philistines into thy handes. 20 And Dauid came to Baal Perazim, and smote them there, and sayde: The Lorde hath deuided myne enemies asunder before me, as waters be deuided asunder: And therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim. 21 And there they left their images, and Dauid and his men burnt them. 22 And the Philistines came yet againe, and layde them selues in the valley of Rephaim. 23 And when Dauid asked counsel of the Lorde, he aunswered, Thou shalt not go vp: but compasse them on the backsyde, and come vpon them ouer against the Mulbery trees. 24 And when thou hearest the noyse of a thing goyng in the toppe of the Mulbery trees, then remoue: for then shall the Lorde go out before thee, to smyte the hoast of the Philistines. 25 And Dauid did as the Lorde had commaunded him: and smote the Philistines from Geba, vntill thou come to Gazer.
• 2 Sam 7:11-17 : 11 And sence the time that I set iudges ouer my people of Israel) And I will geue thee rest from all thyne enemies: And the Lorde telleth thee, that he will make thee an house. 12 And when thy dayes be fulfilled, thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, and I will set vp thy seede after thee, whiche shall proceede out of thy body, and will stablyshe his kingdome. 13 He shall buyld house an for my name, & I wil stablyshe the throne of his kingdome for euer. 14 I will be his father, and he shalbe my sonne: If he sinne, I will chasten him with the rodde of men, and with the plagues of the children of men. 15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I toke it from Saul, who I put away before thee. 16 And thyne house, and thy kingdome shall be stablished for euer before thee, euen thy throne shalbe stablished for euer. 17 According to all these wordes and according to all this vision, so dyd Nathan speake vnto Dauid.
• 2 Sam 8:1-9 : 1 After this, now Dauid smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and Dauid toke the bridel of bondage out of the hand of the Philistines. 2 And he smote the Moabites, and measured them with a lyne, and cast them downe to the grounde, euen with two lynes measured he them, to put them to death, and with one full corde to kepe them alyue: And so became the Moabites Dauids seruauntes, and brought giftes. 3 Dauid smote also Hadarezer ye sonne of Rehob king of Zoba, as he went to recouer his border at the ryuer Pherath. 4 And Dauid toke of his, a thousand and seuen hundred horsemen, and destroyed all the charets, and twentie thousand footemen: but reserued an hundred charets of them. 5 And when the Syrians of Damascon came to succour Hadarezer king of Zoba, Dauid slue of the Syrians two and twentie thousand men. 6 And put souldiers in Syria Damascon: And the Syrians became seruautes to Dauid, and brought giftes, and the Lorde saued Dauid, in all that he went vnto. 7 And Dauid toke the shieldes of golde that belonged to the seruauntes of Hadarezer, & brought them to Hierusalem. 8 And out of Beta and Berothai, cities of Hadarezer, did Dauid bryng exceeding much brasse. 9 When Thoi king of Hamath heard how Dauid had smitten all the hoast of Hadarezer, 10 Thoi sent Ioram his sonne vnto king Dauid, to salute him, and to blesse him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and beaten him (for Thoi had great warre with Hadarezer) And Ioram brought with him vessels of siluer, vessels of golde, and vessels of brasse. 11 Which brasse king Dauid did dedicate vnto the Lorde, with the siluer & golde that he had deditate of al nations which he subdued. 12 Of Syria, of the Moabites, & of the children of Ammon, of the Philistines, and of Hamalek, and of the spoyle of Hadarezer sonne of Rehob king of Zoba. 13 And Dauid gat him a name after that he returned & had smitten of the Syrians in the valley of salt 18 thousand men. 14 And he put a garison in Edom, euen throughout all Edom put he souldiers, and all they of Edom became Dauids seruauntes: And the Lorde kept Dauid whatsoeuer he toke in hand.
• Ps 18:32-34 : 32 It is God that hath gyrded me with valiauntnesse of warre: and he hath made my way playne. 33 He hath made my feete lyke Hartes feete: and he hath set me vp on hygh. 34 He hath taught my handes to fyght: and myne armes to breake a bowe of steele.
• Ps 44:2-6 : 2 Howe thou hast driuen out the heathen with thy hande and planted them in: howe thou hast destroyed the nations & placed them. 3 For they gat not the lande in possession through their owne sworde: neither was it their owne arme that saued them. But thy ryght hande, and thine arme, & the lyght of thy countenaunce: because thou hadst a fauour vnto them. 4 Thou art my kyng O Lorde: commaunde that Iacob be saued. 5 Through thee we wyll ouerthrowe our enemies: and in thy name we wyll treade them vnder that ryse vp agaynst vs. 6 For I wyll not trust in my bowe: and it is not my sworde that can saue me.
• Ps 91:13 : 13 Thou shalt set thy foote vppon the Lion and Adder: the young Lion and the Dragon thou shalt treade vnder thy feete.
• Josh 6:1-9 : 1 And Iericho was shut vp and closed, because of the childre of Israel, neither myght any man go out, or in. 2 And the Lorde sayde vnto Iosuah: Behold, I haue geuen into thyne hande Iericho, and the kyng therof, and the strong men of warre. 3 And ye shall compasse all the citie, all ye that be men of warre, and go rounde about it once: & so shal you do sixe dayes. 4 And seuen priestes shall beare before the arke seuen trumpettes of rammes hornes: And the seuenth day ye shall compasse the citie seuen tymes, and the priestes shal blowe with the trumpets. 5 And when they make a long blast with the rammes horne, and ye heare the sounde of the horne, all the people shall shout with a great shout: And then shall the wall of the citie fall downe, and the people shall assende vp, euery man strayght before hym. 6 And Iosuah the sonne of Nun, called the priestes, and sayde vnto them: Take vp the arke of the couenaunt, and let seuen priestes beare seuen trumpets of rammes hornes before the arke of the Lorde. 7 And he sayde vnto the people: Go, and compasse the citie, & let hym that is harnessed go before ye arke of the Lord. 8 And when Iosuah had spoken vnto ye people, the seuen priestes bare the seuen trumpets of rammes hornes, and went foorth before the arke of the Lorde, and blewe with the trumpets: and the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde folowed them. 9 And the men of armes went before the priestes that blewe with the trumpets: & the gatheryng hoast came after the arke as they went, and blewe with trumpets. 10 And Iosuah had commaunded the people, saying: Ye shall not shout, nor make any noyse with your voyce, neither shall any worde proceede out of your mouth vntyll the day I byd you shout, then shall ye shout. 11 And so the arke of the Lorde compassed the citie, and went about it once: and they returned into the hoast, and lodged there. 12 And Iosuah rose early in the mornyng, and the priestes toke vp the arke of the Lorde. 13 And seuen priestes bare seuen trumpettes of rammes hornes, and went before the arke of the Lorde: and goyng, blewe with the trumpettes. And the men of armes went before them: but the gatheryng hoast came after the arke of the Lorde, whiche went before with the blowyng of the trumpettes.