Hebrews 6:18

Authorized King James Version (1611)

That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἵνα διὰ δύο πραγμάτων ἀμεταθέτων, ἐν οἷς ἀδύνατον ψεύσασθαι Θεόν, ἰσχυρὰν παράκλησιν ἔχωμεν, οἱ καταφυγόντες κρατῆσαι τῆς προκειμένης ἐλπίδος:

Transliteration

Hina dia dyo pragmatōn ametathētōn, in which adynaton pseusasthai Theon, ischyran paraklēsin echōmen, the ones kataphygontes kratēsai tēs prokeimenēs elpidos:

Grammar Details

• *Hina*: conjunction - so that/in order that
• *dia*: preposition + genitive - through/by
• *dyo*: numeral - two
• *pragmatōn*: genitive plural neuter - things/matters
• *ametathētōn*: genitive plural neuter - unchangeable
• *adynaton*: nominative/accusative singular neuter - impossible
• *pseusasthai*: aorist middle infinitive - to lie
• *Theon*: accusative singular masculine - God
• *ischyran*: accusative singular feminine - strong
• *paraklēsin*: accusative singular feminine - encouragement/consolation
• *echōmen*: present active subjunctive, 1st person plural - we might have
• *kataphygontes*: aorist active participle, nominative plural masculine - having fled for refuge
• *kratēsai*: aorist active infinitive - to lay hold of
• *tēs prokeimenēs*: present middle/passive participle, genitive singular feminine - of the set before
• *elpidos*: genitive singular feminine - of hope

Word Meanings

• *Hina*: so that/in order that
• *pragmatōn*: things/matters/facts
• *ametathētōn*: unchangeable/immutable
• *adynaton*: impossible
• *pseusasthai*: to lie/to speak falsely
• *ischyran*: strong/powerful
• *paraklēsin*: encouragement/consolation/comfort
• *kataphygontes*: having fled for refuge/taken refuge
• *kratēsai*: to lay hold of/to seize/to grasp
• *prokeimenēs*: set before/set forth/lying before us
• *elpidos*: hope/expectation

Referenced Verses

• Titus 1:2 : 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
• Num 23:19 : 19 God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
• 1 Sam 15:29 : 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he [is] not a man, that he should repent.
• Isa 27:5 : 5 Or let him take hold of my strength, [that] he may make peace with me; [and] he shall make peace with me.
• Isa 32:1-2 : 1 ¶ Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. 2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
• Isa 51:12 : 12 I, [even] I, [am] he that comforteth you: who [art] thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man [that] shall die, and of the son of man [which] shall be made [as] grass;
• Isa 56:4 : 4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose [the things] that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
• Isa 64:7 : 7 And [there is] none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
• Gen 19:22 : 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
• Prov 4:13 : 13 Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.
• Zech 9:12 : 12 ¶ Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare [that] I will render double unto thee;
• Matt 3:7 : 7 ¶ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
• 1 Kgs 2:28 : 28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
• Ps 46:1 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
• Num 35:11-15 : 11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. 12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment. 13 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge. 14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, [which] shall be cities of refuge. 15 These six cities shall be a refuge, [both] for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
• Josh 20:3 : 3 That the slayer that killeth [any] person unawares [and] unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
• Ps 110:4 : 4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
• 1 Tim 1:1 : 1 ¶ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, [which is] our hope;
• 1 Tim 6:12 : 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
• 2 Tim 2:13 : 13 If we believe not, [yet] he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
• Heb 3:11 : 11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
• Luke 2:25 : 25 ¶ And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name [was] Simeon; and the same man [was] just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
• Rom 3:4 : 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
• Rom 3:25 : 25 Whom God hath set forth [to be] a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
• Rom 15:5 : 5 ¶ Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
• 2 Cor 1:5-7 : 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 6 And whether we be afflicted, [it is] for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, [it is] for your consolation and salvation. 7 ¶ And our hope of you [is] stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so [shall ye be] also of the consolation.
• Phil 2:1 : 1 ¶ If [there be] therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
• Col 1:5 : 5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
• Col 1:27 : 27 To whom God would make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
• 1 Thess 1:10 : 10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
• 2 Thess 2:16-17 : 16 ¶ Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given [us] everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, 17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
• Heb 7:21 : 21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
• Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
• Heb 12:1-2 : 1 ¶ Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• 1 John 1:10 : 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
• 1 John 5:10 : 10 ¶ He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
• Prov 3:18 : 18 She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.
• Ps 62:8 : 8 ¶ Trust in him at all times; [ye] people, pour out your heart before him: God [is] a refuge for us. Selah.
• Matt 24:35 : 35 ‹Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.›
• Isa 66:10-13 : 10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: 11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. 12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon [her] sides, and be dandled upon [her] knees. 13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
• Heb 3:6 : 6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
• Col 1:23 : 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and [be] not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, [and] which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
• 2 Cor 5:18-21 : 18 And all things [are] of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech [you] by us: we pray [you] in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21 For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.