Hebrews 11:17

Coverdale Bible (1535)

By faith Abraha offered vp Isaac, wha he was tempted, and gaue ouer his onely begotten sonne, in whom he had receaued the promyses,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Πίστει προσενήνοχεν Ἀβραὰμ τὸν Ἰσαὰκ, πειραζόμενος: καὶ τὸν μονογενῆ προσέφερεν ὁ τὰς ἐπαγγελίας ἀναδεξάμενος,

Transliteration

By pistei prosenēnochen Abraam ton Isaak, being peirazomenos: and the monogenē he prosepheren who the epangelias having anadexamenos,

Grammar Details

• *pistei*: dative, feminine, singular - by faith
• *prosenēnochen*: perfect active indicative, 3rd singular - has offered
• *ton*: accusative, masculine, singular - the
• *peirazomenos*: present passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being tested
• *monogenē*: accusative, masculine, singular - only begotten
• *prosepheren*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular - was offering
• *epangelias*: accusative, feminine, plural - promises
• *anadexamenos*: aorist middle participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having received/accepted

Word Meanings

• *prosenēnochen*: has offered/presented/brought
• *peirazomenos*: being tested/tried/tempted
• *monogenē*: only begotten/only/unique
• *prosepheren*: was offering/presenting/bringing
• *anadexamenos*: having received/accepted/undertaken

Referenced Verses

• Gen 22:1-9 : 1 After these actes God tempted Abraham, and sayde vnto him: Abraham. And he answered: I am here. 2 And he sayde: Take ye sonne, this onely sonne of thine, eue Isaac whom thou louest, and go thy waye in to the londe of Moria, & offre him there for a burntofferynge, vpon a mountayne that I shal shew the. 3 Then Abraham stode vp by tymes in the mornynge, and sadled his Asse, and toke with him two yonge men, and his sonne Isaac, and cloue wodd for the brentofferynge, gat him vp, and wente on vnto the place, wherof the LORDE had sayde vnto him. 4 Vpon the thirde daye Abraham lift vp his eyes, and sawe the place a farre of, 5 and sayde vnto his yonge me: Tary ye here with the Asse: as for me and the childe, we wyl go yonder: and whan we haue worshipped, we wyll come to you againe. 6 And Abraha toke the wodd to the brentofferynge, and layed it vpon Isaac his sonne. As for him self, he toke the fyre and a knyfe in his hande, and wente on both together. 7 Then sayde Isaac vnto his father Abraham: My father. Abraham answered: here I am, my sonne. And he sayde: lo, here is fyre and wodd, but where is the shepe for the brentofferynge? 8 Abraham answered: My sonne, God shall prouyde him a shepe for the brentofferynge. And they wente both together. 9 And whan they came to the place which God shewed him, Abraham buylded there an altare, and layed the wodd vpon it, and bande his sonne Isaac, layed him on the altare, aboue vpo the wodd, 10 and stretched out his hande, and toke the knyfe, to haue slayne his sonne. 11 Then the angell of the LORDE called from heauen vnto him, and sayde: Abraham Abraham. He answered: here am I. 12 He sayde: Laye not thy handes vpon the childe, & do nothinge vnto him: for now I knowe that thou fearest God, and hast not spared thine onely sonne for my sake.
• Gen 22:16 : 16 and sayde: I haue sworen by myne owne self (sayeth the LORDE) that for so moch as thou hast done this, and hast not spared thine onely sonne,
• Deut 8:2 : 2 and thynke vpon all ye waie thorow the which the LORDE thy God hath led the this fortye yeares in the wyldernesse, that he mighte chasten the, and proue the, to wete whath were in thyne herte, whether thou woldest kepe his comaundemetes or no.
• 2 Chr 32:31 : 31 But whan the interpreters the chefe of Babilon were sent vnto him, to axe question at him (concernynge the wondertoke that had happened in the londe) God lefte him to be tempted, that it mighte be knowne what soeuer was in his hert.
• Job 1:11-12 : 11 But laye thyne honde vpo him a litle, touch once all that he hath, and (I holde) he shall curse the to thy face. 12 And the LORDE sayde vnto Sathan: lo all that he hath, be in thy power: only vpon himself se that thou laye not thine honde. Then wente Sathan forth from the LORDE.
• Job 2:3-6 : 3 Then sayde the LORDE vnto Sathan: Hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob, how that he is an innocent & vertuous man soch one as feareth God, and eschueth euell, and that there is none like him in the londe? But thou mouedest me agaynst him, to punysh him: yet is it in vayne, for he contynueth still in his godlynesse. 4 Sathan answered the LORDE, and sayde: Skynne for skynne? yee a man will geue all yt euer he hath, for his life. 5 But laye thine honde vpon him, touch him once vpon the bone and flesh, and (I holde) he shall curse the to thy face. 6 Then sayde the LORDE vnto Satha: lo, there hast thou him in thy power, but spare his life.
• Prov 17:3 : 3 Like as syluer is tried in the fyre and golde in the fornace, euen so doth the LORDE proue the hertes.
• Dan 11:35 : 35 Yee some of those which haue vnderstondynge shal be persecuted also: yt they maye be tryed, purified & clesed, till the tyme be out: for there is yet another tyme appoynted.
• Zech 13:9 : 9 And the same thirde parte wil I brynge thorow the fyre, and will clense them, as the syluer is clensed: Yee and trye them, like as golde is tryed. Then shall they call vpon my name, and I wil heare them: I wil saye: it is my people. And they shal saye: LORDE, my God.
• Mal 3:2-3 : 2 But who maye abyde the daye of his commynge? Who shalbe able to endure, when he appeareth? For he is like a goldsmythes fyre, ad like wasshers sope. 3 He shall syt him downe to trye and to clense ye syluer, he shal pourge the children of Leui, and purifie them like as golde and syluer: that they maye brynge meatofferinges vnto the LORDE in rightuousnes.
• John 3:16 : 16 For God so loued the worlde, that he gaue his onely sonne, that who so euer beleueth in hi, shulde not perishe, but haue euerlastinge life.
• 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For yf there be a wyllinge mynde, it is accepted acordinge to that a man hath, not acordinge to that he hath not.
• Heb 7:6 : 6 But he whose kynred is not counted amoge them, receaued tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promes.
• Jas 1:2-4 : 2 My brethren, counte it exceadynge ioye whe ye fall in to diuers temptacions, 3 for as moche as ye knowe, how yt the tryinge of youre faith bringeth pacience: 4 and let pacience haue her parfect worke, yt ye maye be parfecte aud sounde, lakinge nothinge.
• Jas 2:21-24 : 21 Was not Abraham oure father iustified thorow workes when he offered Isaac his sonne vpon the aulter? 22 Thou seist how yt faith wrought with his dedes, and through ye dedes was the faith made perfect: 23 & the scripture was fulfilled which faith: Abraha beleued God and it was reputed vnto him for rightewesnes: and he was called ye frende of God. 24 Ye se then how that of dedes a man is iustified, and not of faith only
• Jas 5:11 : 11 Beholde we counte them happy which endure. Ye haue hearde of ye paciece of Iob, and haue knowen what ende the LORDE made. For the LORDE is very pitifull and mercifull.
• 1 Pet 1:6-7 : 6 in the which ye shal reioyse, though now for a litle season (yff nede requyre) ye are in heuynes thorow manyfolde temptacions: 7 that youre faith once tryed (beynge moch more precious then the corruptible golde that is tryed thorow the fyre) might be founde vnto laude, glory and honoure at the appearynge of Iesus Christ:
• 1 Pet 4:12 : 12 Derely beloued, maruell not at this heate (which is come amoge you to trye you) as though some strauge thinge happened vnto you:
• Rev 3:10 : 10 Because thou hast kept the wordes of my pacience, therfore wil I kepe the from the houre of temptacion, which will come vpon all the worlde, to tempte them that dwell vpo the earth.