Hebrews 12:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶτα τοὺς μὲν τῆς σαρκὸς ἡμῶν πατέρας εἴχομεν παιδευτὰς, καὶ ἐνετρεπόμεθα: οὐ πολλῷ μᾶλλον ὑποταγησόμεθα τῷ Πατρὶ τῶν πνευμάτων, καὶ ζήσομεν;

Transliteration

Furthermore the indeed of the sarkos of us pateras eichomen paideutas, and we enetrepometha: not much more shall we hypotagēsometha to the Patri of the pneumatōn, and we shall zēsomen?

Grammar Details

*sarkos*: noun, genitive, singular, feminine - of flesh
*pateras*: noun, accusative, plural, masculine - fathers
*eichomen*: verb, imperfect active indicative, 1st person plural - we had/we were having
*paideutas*: noun, accusative, plural, masculine - discipliners/trainers/instructors
*enetrepometha*: verb, imperfect middle/passive indicative, 1st person plural - we respected/were respecting/revered
*hypotagēsometha*: verb, future passive indicative, 1st person plural - we shall be subjected/submit
*Patri*: noun, dative, singular, masculine - to Father
*pneumatōn*: noun, genitive, plural, neuter - of spirits
*zēsomen*: verb, future active indicative, 1st person plural - we shall live

Word Meanings

*sarkos*: flesh/body/human nature
*enetrepometha*: we respected/revered/regarded with deference/were ashamed before
*hypotagēsometha*: we shall be subjected/submit/be in subjection
*pneumatōn*: spirits/spiritual beings/spiritual natures

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Referenced Verses

Num 16:22 : 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
Exod 20:12 : 12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Lev 19:3 : 3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
Deut 21:18-21 : 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
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.
Eph 6:1-4 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother ;(which is the first commandment with promise;) 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
1 Pet 5:6 : 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Num 27:16 : 16 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
Isa 38:16 : 16 O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
John 3:6 : 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Acts 2:30 : 30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
Rom 1:3 : 3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
Rom 9:3 : 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
Rom 9:5 : 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
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 57:16 : 16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
Ezek 22:7 : 7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
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.
Job 12:10 : 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
Jas 4:7 : 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Mal 1:6 : 6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

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