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Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
οὔπωoupōNot yet
Lemma: οὔπω (oupō) · Strong's: G3768
Parsing: Adverb or adverb and particle combined · Negative (ADV-N)
Meaning: not yet — οὔπω ; neg. adv. of time, ; not yet: Mat.24:6, Mrk.13:7, Jhn.2:4 3:24 6:17, al.; with neg., Mrk.11:2, Luk.23:53; interrog., Mat.16:9, Mrk.4:40 8:17, 21 ; (AS)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 26 times. Also: Matthew 16:9, Matthew 24:6, Mark 4:40, Mark 8:17, Mark 8:21, Mark 11:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3768; TFLSJ G3768; TAGNT Hebrews 12:4 word 1
μέχριςmechrisunto
Lemma: μέχρι (mechri) · Strong's: G3360
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: until — μέχρι; (bef. consonants, exc. Luk.16:16, μέχρι Ἰωάνου) and μέχρις (bef. vowels, Mk, Ga, ll. with, Heb.12:4; see Bl., § 5, 4) ; 1. as prep., with genitive, as far as, even to, until; (a) of place: Rom.15:19; (b) of time…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 18 times. Also: Matthew 11:23, Matthew 28:15, Mark 13:30, Luke 16:16, Acts 10:30, Acts 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3360; TFLSJ G3360; TAGNT Hebrews 12:4 word 2
αἵματοςaimatosblood
Lemma: αἷμα (ahima) · Strong's: G0129G
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Singular · Neuter (N-GSN)
Meaning: blood — αἷμα, ατος, τό, ; [in LXX for דָּם ; ] ; blood. ; 1. In the ordinary sense: Mrk.5:25, Luk.8:43,44 22:44, Jhn.19:34, Act.15:20,29 21:25, Rev.8:7,8 11:6 16:3,4,6 19:13. ; 2. In special senses: ; (a) of generation, origin,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 97 times. Also: Matthew 16:17, Matthew 23:30, Matthew 23:35, Matthew 26:28, Matthew 27:4, Matthew 27:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0129G; TFLSJ G0129G; TAGNT Hebrews 12:4 word 3
ἀντικατέστητεantikatestētehave you resisted
Lemma: ἀντικαθίστημι (antikathistēmi) · Strong's: G0478
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Indicative · 2nd · Plural (V-2AAI-2P)
Meaning: to resist — ἀντι-καθ-ίστημι ; [in LXX: Deu.31:21 (עָנָה), Jos.5:7, Mic.2:8 (קוּם) * ; ] ; 1. causal in Pres. imperfect fut. and 1 aor.; to replace, oppose. ; 2. Intrans. in pass. and 2 aor. act.; (a) to supersede; (b) to resist:…
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Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0478; TFLSJ G0478; TAGNT Hebrews 12:4 word 4
πρὸςprosagainst
Lemma: πρός (pros) · Strong's: G4314
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: to/with — πρός, ; prep. with genitive, dative, accusative ; I. I. C. genitive, of motion from a place, from the side of, hence metaphorically, in the interests of, Act.27:34 (cf. Page, in l.). ; II. II. C. dative, of local…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 732 times. Also: Matthew 2:12, Matthew 3:5, Matthew 3:10, Matthew 3:13, Matthew 3:14, Matthew 3:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4314; TFLSJ G4314; TAGNT Hebrews 12:4 word 5
τὴνtēn<the>
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (T-ASF)
Meaning: the/this/who — ὁ, ἡ, τό, ; the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article. ; I. As demonstr. pron. ; 1. As frequently in Hom.,…
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Used 20654 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3588; TFLSJ G3588; TAGNT Hebrews 12:4 word 6
ἁμαρτίανhamartiansin
Lemma: ἁμαρτία (hamartia) · Strong's: G0266
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (N-ASF)
Meaning: sin — ἁμαρτία, -ας, ἡ ; (ἁμαρτάνω, which see), [in LXX chiefly for חַטָּאת and cogn. forms, also for פֶּשַׁע ,עָוֹן, etc. ; ] ; prop. a missing the mark; in cl. (see reff. to CR in MM, VGT, see word); (a) guilt, sin (Plat.,…
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Used 174 times. Also: Matthew 1:21, Matthew 3:6, Matthew 9:2, Matthew 9:5, Matthew 9:6, Matthew 12:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0266; TFLSJ G0266; TAGNT Hebrews 12:4 word 7
ἀνταγωνιζόμενοιantagōnizomenoistruggling
Lemma: ἀνταγωνίζομαι (antagōnizomai) · Strong's: G0464
Parsing: Verb · Present · Middle or Passive Deponent · Participle · Nominative · Plural · Masculine (V-PNP-NPM)
Meaning: to struggle — ἀντ-αγωνίζομαι depon., ; [in LXX: 4Ma.17:14 * ; ] ; to struggle against: before πρός, with accusative, Heb.12:4.†; (AS)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0464; TFLSJ G0464; TAGNT Hebrews 12:4 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| In your struggle | → | ἀνταγωνίζομαι G0464 to struggle |
| against | → | πρός G4314 to/with |
| sin | → | ἁμαρτία G0266 sin |
| you have not yet resisted | → | ἀντικαθίστημι G0478 to resist |
| to the point of | → | μέχρι G3360 until |
| shedding your blood | → | αἷμα G0129G blood |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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