Hebrews 11:27

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

by faith he left Egypt behind, not having been afraid of the wrath of the king, for, as seeing the Invisible One -- he endured;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Πίστει κατέλιπεν Αἴγυπτον, μὴ φοβηθεὶς τὸν θυμὸν τοῦ βασιλέως: τὸν γὰρ ἀόρατον, ὡς ὁρῶν ἐκαρτέρησεν.

Transliteration

By pistei he katelipen Aigypton, mē having been phobētheis the thymon of the basileōs: for the aoraton, as horōn he ekarterēsen.

Grammar Details

• *pistei*: dative, feminine, singular - by faith
• *katelipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - left/forsook
• *Aigypton*: accusative, feminine, singular - Egypt
• *mē*: negative particle - not
• *phobētheis*: aorist passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having feared
• *thymon*: accusative, masculine, singular - anger/wrath
• *basileōs*: genitive, masculine, singular - of king
• *aoraton*: accusative, masculine, singular - invisible one
• *horōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - seeing
• *ekarterēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - endured/persevered

Word Meanings

• *katelipen*: left/forsook/abandoned
• *phobētheis*: having feared/been afraid of
• *thymon*: anger/wrath/rage
• *basileōs*: king/ruler
• *aoraton*: invisible one/unseen one
• *horōn*: seeing/beholding/perceiving
• *ekarterēsen*: endured/persevered/was steadfast

Referenced Verses

• Heb 11:13 : 13 In faith died all these, not having received the promises, but from afar having seen them, and having been persuaded, and having saluted `them', and having confessed that strangers and sojourners they are upon the earth,
• Exod 2:14-15 : 14 and he saith, `Who set thee for a head and a judge over us? to slay me art thou saying `it', as thou hast slain the Egyptian?' and Moses feareth, and saith, `Surely the thing hath been known.' 15 And Pharaoh heareth of this thing, and seeketh to slay Moses, and Moses fleeth from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelleth in the land of Midian, and dwelleth by the well.
• Heb 11:1 : 1 And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,
• Exod 14:10-13 : 10 And Pharaoh hath drawn near, and the sons of Israel lift up their eyes, and lo, the Egyptians are journeying after them, and they fear exceedingly, and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah. 11 And they say unto Moses, `Because there are no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in a wilderness? what is this thou hast done to us -- to bring us out from Egypt? 12 Is not this the word which we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Cease from us, and we serve the Egyptians; for better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in a wilderness?' 13 And Moses saith unto the people, `Fear not, station yourselves, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which He doth for you to-day; for, as ye have seen the Egyptians to-day, ye add no more to see them -- to the age;
• Exod 10:28-29 : 28 and Pharaoh saith to him, `Go from me, take heed to thyself, add not to see my face, for in the day thou seest my face thou diest;' 29 and Moses saith, `Rightly hast thou spoken, I add not any more to see thy face.'
• 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 and to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only wise God, `is' honour and glory -- to the ages of the ages! Amen.
• 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 who only is having immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no one of men did see, nor is able to see, to whom `is' honour and might age-during! Amen.
• Heb 6:15 : 15 and so, having patiently endured, he did obtain the promise;
• Heb 10:32 : 32 And call to your remembrance the former days, in which, having been enlightened, ye did endure much conflict of sufferings,
• Exod 11:8 : 8 and all these thy servants have come down unto me, and bowed themselves to me, saying, Go out, thou and all the people who `are' at thy feet; and afterwards I do go out;' -- and he goeth out from Pharaoh in the heat of anger.
• Exod 12:11 : 11 `And thus ye do eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand, and ye have eaten it in haste; it is Jehovah's passover,
• Exod 12:37-42 : 37 And the sons of Israel journey from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, apart from infants; 38 and a great rabble also hath gone up with them, and flock and herd -- very much cattle. 39 And they bake with the dough which they have brought out from Egypt unleavened cakes, for it hath not fermented; for they have been cast out of Egypt, and have not been able to delay, and also provision they have not made for themselves. 40 And the dwelling of the sons of Israel which they have dwelt in Egypt `is' four hundred and thirty years; 41 and it cometh to pass, at the end of four hundred and thirty years -- yea, it cometh to pass in this self-same day -- all the hosts of Jehovah have gone out from the land of Egypt. 42 A night of watchings it `is' to Jehovah, to bring them out from the land of Egypt; it `is' this night to Jehovah of watchings to all the sons of Israel to their generations.
• Exod 12:50 : 50 And all the sons of Israel do as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron; so have they done.
• Exod 13:17-21 : 17 And it cometh to pass in Pharaoh's sending the people away, that God hath not led them the way of the land of the Philistines, for it `is' near; for God said, `Lest the people repent in their seeing war, and have turned back towards Egypt;' 18 and God turneth round the people the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea, and by fifties have the sons of Israel gone up from the land of Egypt. 19 And Moses taketh the bones of Joseph with him, for he certainly caused the sons of Israel to swear, saying, `God doth certainly inspect you, and ye have brought up my bones from this with you.' 20 And they journey from Succoth, and encamp in Etham at the extremity of the wilderness, 21 and Jehovah is going before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them in the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give light to them, to go by day and by night;
• Ps 16:8 : 8 I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because -- at my right hand I am not moved.
• Matt 10:22 : 22 and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.
• Matt 24:13 : 13 but he who did endure to the end, he shall be saved;
• Mark 4:17 : 17 and have not root in themselves, but are temporary; afterward tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are stumbled.
• Mark 13:13 : 13 and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end -- he shall be saved.
• Acts 2:25 : 25 for David saith in regard to him: I foresaw the Lord always before me -- because He is on my right hand -- that I may not be moved;
• 1 Cor 13:7 : 7 all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.
• 2 Cor 4:18 : 18 we not looking to the things seen, but to the things not seen; for the things seen `are' temporary, but the things not seen `are' age-during.
• Exod 4:19 : 19 And Jehovah saith unto Moses in Midian, `Go, turn back to Egypt, for all the men have died who seek thy life;'
• Heb 12:2-3 : 2 looking to the author and perfecter of faith -- Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him -- did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down; 3 for consider again him who endured such gainsaying from the sinners to himself, that ye may not be wearied in your souls -- being faint.
• Jas 5:11 : 11 lo, we call happy those who are enduring; the endurance of Job ye heard of, and the end of the Lord ye have seen, that very compassionate is the Lord, and pitying.
• 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, now not seeing and believing, ye are glad with joy unspeakable and glorified,