Hebrews 1:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καί, Σὺ κατʼ ἀρχάς, Κύριε, τὴν γῆν ἐθεμελίωσας· καὶ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σού εἰσιν οἱ οὐρανοί:

Transliteration

And, You according to archas, Kyrie, the gēn ethemeliōsas; and erga of the cheirōn of you eisin the ouranoi:

Grammar Details

• *archas*: accusative, feminine, plural - beginnings
• *Kyrie*: vocative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *gēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - earth/land
• *ethemeliōsas*: aorist active indicative, 2nd singular - founded/established
• *erga*: nominative, neuter, plural - works
• *cheirōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - of hands
• *eisin*: present active indicative, 3rd plural - are
• *ouranoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - heavens

Word Meanings

• *kat' archas*: in the beginning/at first/originally
• *ethemeliōsas*: founded/established/laid the foundation of
• *erga tōn cheirōn*: works of the hands/handiwork

Referenced Verses

• Ps 102:25-27 : 25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
• Gen 1:1 : 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
• Deut 4:19 : 19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
• Ps 8:3-4 : 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
• Ps 19:1 : 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
• Prov 8:29 : 29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
• Isa 42:5 : 5 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
• Isa 48:13 : 13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
• Isa 51:13 : 13 And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
• Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
• Jer 32:17 : 17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
• Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
• John 1:1-3 : 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
• Rev 3:14 : 14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;