Hebrews 11:12 — King James Version← Study notes
“Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.”
Hebrews 11:12 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Hebrews 11:1227 words
διὸdiofor which
cause, therefore, wherefore
καὶkaiand / also
ἀφ’aph’from
ἑνὸςhenosinto / to
ἐγεννήθησανegennēthēsanbear, beget, be born
καὶkaiand / also
ταῦταtautahe (it was that), hereof, it
νενεκρωμένουnenekrōmenoube dead, mortify
καθὼςkathōsaccording to, (according, even) as
τὰtathe
ἄστραastrastar
τοῦtouthe
οὐρανοῦouranouair, heaven(-ly), sky
τῷtōthe
πλήθειplētheibundle, company, multitude
καὶkaiand / also
ὡςhōsabout, after (that), (according) as (it ha…
ἡhēthe
ἄμμοςammossand
ἡhēthe
παρὰparaabove, against, among
τὸtothe
χεῖλοςcheiloslip, shore
τῆςtēsthe
θαλάσσηςthalassēssea
ἡhēthe
ἀναρίθμητοςanarithmētosinnumerable
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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