Hebrews 12:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

(Οὐκ ἔφερον γὰρ τὸ διαστελλόμενον, Κἂν θηρίον θίγῃ τοῦ ὄρους, λιθοβοληθήσεται, ἢ βολίδι κατατοξευθήσεται:

Transliteration

(Not they epheron for the diastellomenon, Even if thērion thigē the orous, it shall be lithobolēthēsetai, or with bolidi katatoxeuthēsetai:

Grammar Details

*epheron*: verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - they were bearing/enduring
*diastellomenon*: participle, present passive, accusative, singular, neuter - being commanded/ordered
*thērion*: noun, nominative, singular, neuter - wild animal/beast
*thigē*: verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - touches/contacts
*orous*: noun, genitive, singular, neuter - of mountain
*lithobolēthēsetai*: verb, future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - will be stoned
*bolidi*: noun, dative, singular, feminine - with dart/javelin
*katatoxeuthēsetai*: verb, future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - will be shot through

Word Meanings

*epheron*: they were bearing/enduring/supporting/tolerating
*diastellomenon*: being commanded/ordered/charged
*thērion*: wild animal/beast/creature
*katatoxeuthēsetai*: will be shot through/pierced with arrows

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Referenced Verses

Exod 19:12-13 : 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: 13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
Exod 19:16 : 16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Deut 33:2 : 2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
Rom 3:19-20 : 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Gal 2:19 : 19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
Gal 3:10 : 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Heb 12:18-19
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18For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
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Heb 12:21
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21And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
Exod 19:12-13
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12And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
13There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
Exod 20:18-19
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18And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
19And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Exod 19:21-24
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21And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
22And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
23And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
24And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
Exod 34:3
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Num 4:20
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Deut 18:16
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Exod 19:16-18
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16And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
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Deut 4:11-12
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Deut 1:43
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Exod 24:17
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Exod 32:19-20
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Num 16:21
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Ps 78:40
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Num 16:45
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Neh 9:18
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