Hebrews 8:11

Webster's Bible (1833)

They will not teach every man his fellow citizen,{TR reads "neighbor" instead of "fellow citizen"} Every man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' For all will know me, From the least of them to the greatest of them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ οὐ μὴ διδάξωσιν ἕκαστος τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἕκαστος τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, λέγων, Γνῶθι τὸν Κύριον: ὅτι πάντες εἰδήσουσίν με, ἀπὸ μικροῦ αὐτῶν ἕως μεγάλου αὐτῶν.

Transliteration

And not mē didaxōsin hekastos the plēsion of him, and hekastos the adelphon of him, legōn, Gnōthi the Kyrion: because all eidēsousin me, from mikrou of them until megalou of them.

Grammar Details

• *mē*: negative particle - not (emphatic with οὐ)
• *didaxōsin*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they should teach
• *hekastos*: nominative, masculine, singular - each one
• *plēsion*: accusative, masculine, singular - neighbor
• *adelphon*: accusative, masculine, singular - brother
• *legōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - saying
• *Gnōthi*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - know
• *Kyrion*: accusative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *eidēsousin*: future active indicative, 3rd person plural - they will know
• *mikrou*: genitive, masculine, singular - small/little
• *megalou*: genitive, masculine, singular - great/important

Word Meanings

• *didaxōsin*: they should teach/instruct/inform
• *Gnōthi*: know/understand/recognize
• *eidēsousin*: they will know/understand/recognize

Referenced Verses

• Isa 54:13 : 13 All your children shall be taught of Yahweh; and great shall be the peace of your children.
• John 6:45 : 45 It is written in the prophets, 'They will all be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to me.
• 1 John 2:27 : 27 As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don't need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.
• Jer 31:34 : 34 and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Yahweh; for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says Yahweh: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.
• Jer 42:1 : 1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, came near,
• Jer 42:8 : 8 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,
• Jer 44:12 : 12 I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an object of horror, [and] an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
• Ezek 34:30 : 30 They shall know that I, Yahweh, their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord Yahweh.
• Hab 2:14 : 14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
• 2 Kgs 17:27-28 : 27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry there one of the priests whom you brought from there; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the law of the god of the land. 28 So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Yahweh.
• 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
• 2 Chr 30:22 : 22 Hezekiah spoke comfortably to all the Levites who had good understanding [in the service] of Yahweh. So they ate throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace-offerings, and making confession to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
• Ezra 7:25 : 25 You, Ezra, after the wisdom of your God who is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God; and teach you him who doesn't know them.
• Isa 2:3 : 3 Many peoples shall go and say, "Come, let's go up to the mountain of Yahweh, To the house of the God of Jacob; And he will teach us of his ways, And we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion the law shall go forth, And the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
• Acts 8:10 : 10 to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is that great power of God."
• Jer 6:13 : 13 For from the least of them even to the greatest of them everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
• Jer 24:7 : 7 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Yahweh: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return to me with their whole heart.