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Hebrews 11:38 — King James Version← Study notes

(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.


Hebrews 11:38Greek Interlinear

Greek · Hebrews 11:3818 words
GreekMeaning
ὧνhōn
of whomrelative pronounG3739
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
ἦνēn
wasverbG1510
ἄξιοςaxios
worthyadjectiveG514
ho
thearticleG3588
κόσμοςkosmos
worldnounG2889
ἐπὶepi
about (the times), above, afterprepositionG1909
ἐρημίαιςerēmiais
desertsnounG2047
πλανώμενοιplanōmenoi
wanderingverbG4105
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ὄρεσιoresi
in mountainsnounG3735
καὶkai
andwordG2532
σπηλαίοιςspēlaiois
in cavesnounG4693
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ταῖςtais
in thearticleG3588
ὀπαῖςopais
holesnounG3692
τῆςtēs
of thearticleG3588
γῆςgēs
earthnounG1093
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Hebrews 11:38

At all times indeed, but especially then when I reflect upon the achievements of the saints, it comes over me to feel despondency concerning my own condition, because we have not even in dreams experienced the things among which those men spent their whole lives, not paying the penalty of sins, but always doing rightly and yet always afflicted. For consider, I beseech you, Elijah, to whom our discourse has come round today, for he speaks of him in this passage, and in him…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 28 on Hebrews
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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