Hebrews 9:27

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ καθʼ ὅσον ἀπόκειται τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἅπαξ ἀποθανεῖν, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο κρίσις:

Transliteration

And just as kath' hoson apokeitai tois anthrōpois hapax apothanein, meta de touto krisis:

Grammar Details

• *Kai*: conjunction - 'and'
• *kath'*: preposition with accusative - 'according to'
• *hoson*: accusative neuter singular - 'as much as/inasmuch as'
• *apokeitai*: present middle/passive indicative, 3rd person singular - 'it is appointed/reserved'
• *tois anthrōpois*: dative masculine plural - 'for men/humans'
• *hapax*: adverb - 'once'
• *apothanein*: aorist active infinitive - 'to die'
• *meta*: preposition with accusative - 'after'
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - 'but/and'
• *touto*: accusative neuter singular demonstrative pronoun - 'this'
• *krisis*: nominative feminine singular - 'judgment'

Word Meanings

• *kath' hoson*: inasmuch as/just as
• *apokeitai*: it is appointed/reserved/destined
• *anthrōpois*: men/people/humans
• *hapax*: once/one time
• *apothanein*: to die
• *krisis*: judgment/decision/verdict

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
• Eccl 12:14 : 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every sret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
• Jude 1:15 : 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
• Matt 25:31-46 : 31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
• Acts 17:31 : 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
• Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
• 2 Sam 14:14 : 14 For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
• Eccl 3:20 : 20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
• Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
• Eccl 12:7 : 7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
• John 5:26-29 : 26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; 27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
• 2 Tim 4:1 : 1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
• 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
• Eccl 9:5 : 5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
• Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
• Rom 14:9-9 : 9 For to this end Christ both died, and se, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. 10 But why dost thou judge thy bther? or why dost thou set at nought thy bther? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. 12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
• Rom 2:5 : 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
• Rom 5:12 : 12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
• Heb 6:2 : 2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
• Job 14:5 : 5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
• Job 19:25 : 25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
• Job 30:23 : 23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
• Ps 89:48 : 48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
• Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a gat white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and the was found no place for them.