Hebrews 4:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰσερχόμεθα γὰρ εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσιν οἱ πιστεύσαντες, καθὼς εἴρηκεν, Ὡς ὤμοσα ἐν τῇ ὀργῇ μου, Εἰ εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσίν μου: καίτοι τῶν ἔργων ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου γενηθέντων.

Transliteration

For we eiserchometha into the katapausin those having pisteusantes, according as he has eirēken, As I ōmosa in the orgē of me, If they shall eiseleusontai into the katapausin of me: although the ergōn from katabolēs kosmou having been genēthentōn.

Grammar Details

*eiserchometha*: present middle indicative, 1st person plural - we enter/are entering
*katapausin*: accusative feminine singular - rest/cessation
*pisteusantes*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine plural - having believed
*eirēken*: perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - he has said/spoken
*ōmosa*: aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - I swore/took an oath
*orgē*: dative feminine singular - wrath/anger
*eiseleusontai*: future middle indicative, 3rd person plural - they will enter
*ergōn*: genitive neuter plural - works/deeds
*katabolēs*: genitive feminine singular - foundation/establishment
*kosmou*: genitive masculine singular - world/universe/order
*genēthentōn*: aorist passive participle, genitive neuter plural - having been made/created/come into being

Word Meanings

*eiserchometha*: enter into/go into/come into
*katapausin*: rest/cessation/dwelling place
*pisteusantes*: having believed/trusted/had faith
*orgē*: wrath/anger/passion/natural impulse
*eiseleusontai*: they will enter/come in/go in
*ergōn*: works/deeds/actions/tasks
*katabolēs*: foundation/establishment/creation
*kosmou*: world/universe/order/adornment

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Referenced Verses

Heb 3:11 : 11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
Ps 95:11 : 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
Matt 11:28-29 : 28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Matt 13:35 : 35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Gen 1:31 : 31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Exod 20:11 : 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Heb 3:14 : 14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
Heb 9:26 : 26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
1 Pet 1:20 : 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
Isa 28:12 : 12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
Jer 6:16 : 16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
Rom 5:1-2 : 1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Eph 1:4 : 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

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4For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
5And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
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