Hebrews 12:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,”

Hebrews 12:1 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · Hebrews 12:123 words

GreekMeaning

ΤοιγαροῦνToigaroun

ThereforewordG5105

καὶkai

alsoadverbG2532

ἡμεῖςhēmeis

we ourselvespronounG1473

τοσοῦτονtosouton

such a greatdemonstrativeG5118

ἔχοντεςechontes

havingverbG2192

περικείμενονperikeimenon

encompassingverbG4029

ἡμῖνhēmin

uspronounG1473

νέφοςnephos

a cloudnounG3509

μαρτύρωνmartyrōn

of witnessesnounG3144

ὄγκονonkon

weightnounG3591

ἀποθέμενοιapothemenoi

having laid asideverbG659

πάνταpanta

everyadjectiveG3956

καὶkai

andwordG2532

τὴνtēn

thearticleG3588

εὐπερίστατονeuperistaton

easily entanglingadjectiveG2139

ἁμαρτίανhamartian

sinnounG266

δι’di’

withprepositionG1223

ὑπομονῆςhypomonēs

endurancenounG5281

τρέχωμενtrechōmen

may runverbG5143

τὸνton

thearticleG3588

προκείμενονprokeimenon

lying beforeverbG4295

ἡμῖνhēmin

uspronounG1473

ἀγῶναagōna

racenounG73

ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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Yuki TanakaNote1mo ago

Cloud of Witnesses

I'm thinking about that image - a cloud of witnesses. Not judges waiting to condemn me if I fail. Witnesses. People who've gone before, who know what this is like, who are watching to see what I do wi...