Hebrews 3:17

3:16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

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With whom was he displeased forty years? Wasn’t it with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?

3:18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

What does Hebrews 3:17 mean?

Hebrews 3:17 is a verse in the book of Hebrews, in the New Testament. In the original Greek, key words include δέ (de), τίς (tis), προσοχθίζω (prosochthizo). It connects to 14 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Greek interlinear

Butδέde/deh/G1161a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).

with

whomτίςtis/tis/G5101probably emphatic of 5100; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions):--every man, how (much), + no(-ne, thing), what (manner, thing), where (-by, -fore, -of, -unto, - with, -withal), whether, which, who(-m, -se), why.

was

grievedπροσοχθίζωprosochthizo/pros-okh-thid'-zo/G4360from 4314 and a form of ochtheo (to be vexed with something irksome); to feel indignant at:--be grieved at.

fortyτεσσεράκονταtessarakonta/tes-sar-ak'-on-tah/G5062the decade of 5064; forty:--forty.

years?ἔτοςetos/et'-os/G2094apparently a primary word; a year:--year.

was

notοὐχίouchi/oo-khee'/G3780intensive of 3756; not indeed:--nay, not.

with

them

that

had

sinned,ἁμαρτάνωhamartano/ham-ar-tan'-o/G264perhaps from 1 (as a negative particle) and the base of 3313; properly, to miss the mark (and so not share in the prize), i.e. (figuratively) to err, especially (morally) to sin:--for your faults, offend, sin, trespass.

whoseὅς ἥ ὅhosG3739he hay, and neuter ho ho probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article 3588); the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that:--one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also 3757.

carcasesκῶλονkolon/ko'-lon/G2966from the base of 2849; a limb of the body (as if lopped):--carcase.

fellπίπτωpipto/pip'-to/G4098peto pet'-o; (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); probably akin to 4072 through the idea of alighting; to fall (literally or figuratively):--fail, fall (down), light on.

inἐνen/en/G1722a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537); "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.:--about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.

the

wilderness?ἔρημοςeremos/er'-ay-mos/G2048of uncertain affinity; lonesome, i.e. (by implication) waste (usually as a noun, 5561 being implied):--desert, desolate, solitary, wilderness.

Commentary on Hebrews 3:17

HENRY_FULL · Hebrews 3:17

"3" In this chapter the apostle applies what he had said in the chapter foregoing concerning the priesthood of Christ, I. In a serious pathetic exhortation that this great high priest, who was discovered to them, might be seriously considered by them, ver. 1-6 . II. He then adds many weighty counsels and cautions, ver. 7, to the end .

Cross-references

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Numbers 12:7

My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.

Deuteronomy 4:5

Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.

1 Samuel 12:6

And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. advanced: or, made

John 6:38

For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

John 7:18

He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

John 8:29

And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

John 15:10

If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

John 17:4

I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

Ephesians 2:22

In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

1 Timothy 1:12

And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

1 Timothy 3:15

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. ground: or, stay

Hebrews 2:17

Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 3:5

And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

Topics

Procrastination Reprobacy Unbelief

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Hebrews 3:17.

Matthew 12:11

And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?

Acts 13:21

And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

Acts 4:22

For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.

Acts 7:30

And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

Acts 7:36

He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

Acts 7:42

Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

Hebrews 3:9

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

John 2:20

Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

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What does Hebrews 3:17 say?

Hebrews 3:17 (King James Version) reads: "But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?"

Is Hebrews 3:17 in the Old or New Testament?

Hebrews 3:17 is in the New Testament of the Bible, in the book of Hebrews.

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