Hebrews 3:5

Geneva Bible (1560)

Now Moses verely was faithfull in all his house, as a seruant, for a witnesse of the thinges which should be spoken after.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ Μωϋσῆς μὲν πιστὸς ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ, ὡς θεράπων, εἰς μαρτύριον τῶν λαληθησομένων·

Transliteration

And Mōysēs men pistos in holō the oikō of him, as therapōn, eis martyrion of the things lalēthēsomenōn;

Grammar Details

• *Mōysēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - Moses
• *men*: postpositive particle - indeed/on one hand (often paired with δέ)
• *pistos*: nominative, masculine, singular - faithful/trustworthy
• *holō*: dative, masculine, singular - whole/all/entire
• *oikō*: dative, masculine, singular - house/household
• *therapōn*: nominative, masculine, singular - servant/attendant
• *eis*: preposition + accusative - for/unto/as
• *martyrion*: accusative, neuter, singular - testimony/witness
• *lalēthēsomenōn*: future passive participle, genitive, neuter, plural - of things to be spoken

Word Meanings

• *men*: indeed/truly/on one hand
• *pistos*: faithful/trustworthy/reliable
• *holō*: whole/entire/complete
• *oikō*: house/household/family
• *therapōn*: servant/attendant/minister (higher class than a regular servant)
• *martyrion*: testimony/witness/evidence
• *lalēthēsomenōn*: things that would be spoken/things to be uttered later

Referenced Verses

• Num 12:7 : 7 My seruant Moses is not so, who is faithfull in all mine house.
• Heb 3:2 : 2 Who was faithfull to him that hath appointed him, euen as Moses was in al his house.
• Exod 14:31 : 31 And Israel saw the mightie power, which the Lord shewed vpon the Egyptians: so the people feared the Lord, and beleeued the Lorde, and his seruant Moses.
• Heb 8:5 : 5 Who serue vnto the paterne and shadowe of heauenly things, as Moses was warned by God, whe he was about to finish the Tabernacle. See, saide hee, that thou make all thinges according to the paterne, shewed to thee in the mount.
• 1 Cor 4:2 : 2 And as for the rest, it is required of the disposers, that euery man be found faithfull.
• 1 Tim 1:12 : 12 Therefore I thanke him, which hath made me strong, that is, Christ Iesus our Lord: for he counted me faithfull, and put me in his seruice:
• Josh 8:31 : 31 As Moses the seruant of the Lord had commaunded the children of Israel, as it is written in the booke of the Lawe of Moses, an altar of whole stone, ouer which no man had lift an yron: and they offered thereon burnt offrings vnto the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings.
• Deut 34:5 : 5 So Moses the seruant of the Lord dyed there in the land of Moab, according to the worde of the Lord.
• Josh 1:2 : 2 Moses my seruant is dead: nowe therefore arise, go ouer this Iorden, thou, and all this people, vnto the lande which I giue them, that is, to ye children of Israel.
• Ps 105:26 : 26 Then sent he Moses his seruant, and Aaron whom he had chosen.
• Matt 24:45 : 45 Who then is a faithfull seruaunt and wise, whom his master hath made ruler ouer his household, to giue them meate in season?
• Matt 25:21 : 21 Then his master saide vnto him, It is well done good seruant and faithfull, Thou hast bene faithfull in litle, I will make thee ruler ouer much: enter into thy masters ioy.
• Luke 12:42 : 42 And the Lord saide, Who is a faithfull steward and wise, whom the master shall make ruler ouer his householde, to giue them their portion of meate in season?
• Luke 16:10-12 : 10 He that is faithfull in the least, hee is also faithful in much: and he that is vniust in the least, is vniust also in much. 11 If then ye haue not ben faithful in the wicked riches, who wil trust you in the true treasure? 12 And if ye haue not bene faithfull in another mans goods, who shall giue you that which is yours?
• Luke 24:27 : 27 And he began at Moses, & at all the Prophets, and interpreted vnto them in all the Scriptures the things which were written of him.
• Luke 24:44 : 44 And he saide vnto them, These are the wordes, which I spake vnto you while I was yet with you, that all must be fulfilled which are written of me in the Lawe of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalmes.
• John 5:39 : 39 Searche the Scriptures: for in them ye thinke to haue eternall life, and they are they which testifie of me.
• John 5:46-47 : 46 For had ye beleeued Moses, ye would haue beleeued me: for he wrote of me. 47 But if ye beleeue not his writings, how shal ye beleeue my wordes?
• Acts 3:22-23 : 22 For Moses said vnto the Fathers, The Lord your God shall raise vp vnto you a Prophet, euen of your brethren, like vnto me: ye shal heare him in all things, whatsoeuer he shal say vnto you. 23 For it shalbe that euery person which shall not heare that Prophet, shall be destroyed out of the people.
• Acts 7:37 : 37 This is that Moses, which saide vnto the children of Israel, A Prophet shall the Lorde your God raise vp vnto you, euen of your brethren, like vnto me: him shall ye heare.
• Acts 28:23 : 23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many vnto him into his lodging, to whom he expounded testifying the kingdome of God, and persuading them those things that concerne Iesus, both out of the Lawe of Moses, and out of the Prophets, from morning to night.
• Rom 3:21 : 21 But nowe is the righteousnesse, of God made manifest without the Lawe, hauing witnes of the Lawe and of the Prophets,
• Josh 1:7 : 7 Onely be thou strong, and of a most valiant courage, that thou mayest obserue and doe according to all the Lawe which Moses my seruant hath commanded thee: thou shalt not turne away from it to the right hande, nor to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoeuer thou goest.
• Josh 1:15 : 15 Vntill the Lord haue giuen your brethren rest, as well as to you, and vntill they also shall possesse the land, which the Lorde your God giueth them: then shall ye returne vnto the lande of your possession and shall possesse it, which land Moses the Lordes seruant gaue you on this side Iorden toward the sunne rising.
• Josh 8:33 : 33 And all Israel (and their Elders, and officers and their iudges stoode on this side of the Arke, and on that side, before the Priestes of the Leuites, which bare the Arke of the couenant of the Lorde) as well the stranger, as he that is borne in the countrey: halfe of them were ouer against mount Gerizim, and halfe of them ouer against mount Ebal, as Moses the seruant of the Lorde had commaunded before, that they should blesse the people of Israel.
• Deut 3:24 : 24 O Lord God, thou hast begunne to shewe thy seruant thy greatnesse and thy mightie hande: for where is there a God in heauen or in earth, that can do like thy workes, and like thy power?
• Deut 18:15-19 : 15 The Lorde thy God will raise vp vnto thee a Prophet like vnto me, from among you, euen of thy brethren: vnto him ye shall hearken, 16 According to al that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb, in the day of the assemblie, when thou saidest, Let me heare the voice of my Lorde God no more, nor see this great fire any more, that I die not. 17 And the Lord sayde vnto me, They haue well spoken. 18 I will raise them vp a Prophet from among their brethren like vnto thee, and will put my woordes in his mouth, and he shall speake vnto them all that I shall commaund him. 19 And whosoeuer will not hearken vnto my wordes, which he shall speake in my Name, I will require it of him.
• Heb 9:24 : 24 For Christ is not entred into ye holy places that are made with hands, which are similitudes of ye true Sanctuarie: but is entred into very heauen, to appeare now in ye sight of God for vs,
• 1 Pet 1:10-12 : 10 Of the which saluation ye Prophets haue inquired and searched, which prophecied of the grace that should come vnto you, 11 Searching when or what time the Spirite which testified before of Christ which was in them, shoulde declare the sufferings that should come vnto Christ, and the glorie that shoulde followe. 12 Vnto whome it was reueiled, that not vnto themselues, but vnto vs they shoulde minister the things, which are nowe shewed vnto you by them which haue preached vnto you the Gospell by the holy Ghost sent downe from heauen, the which things the Angels desire to beholde.
• Heb 9:8-9 : 8 Whereby the holy Ghost this signified, that the way into ye Holiest of all was not yet opened, while as yet the first tabernacle was standing, 9 Which was a figure for that present time, wherein were offred gifts and sacrifices that could not make holy, concerning the conscience, him that did the seruice, 10 Which only stood in meates and drinkes, and diuers washings, and carnal rites, which were inioyned, vntill the time of reformation. 11 But Christ being come an high Priest of good things to come, by a greater and a more perfect Tabernacle, not made with handes, that is, not of this building, 12 Neither by the blood of goates and calues: but by his owne blood entred he in once vnto the holy place, and obteined eternall redemption for vs. 13 For if the blood of bulles and of goates, and the ashes of an heifer, sprinkling them that are vncleane, sanctifieth as touching the purifying of the flesh,
• Neh 9:14 : 14 And declaredst vnto them thine holy Sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, and ordinances, and lawes, by the hande of Moses thy seruant: