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Hebrews 12:16 — King James Version← Study notes

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.


Hebrews 12:16Greek Interlinear

Greek · Hebrews 12:1615 words
GreekMeaning
μή
lest there bewordG3361
τιςtis
anypronounG5100
πόρνοςpornos
fornicatornounG4205
ē
orwordG2228
βέβηλοςbebēlos
profane personadjectiveG952
ὡςhōs
aswordG5613
ἨσαῦĒsau
EsaunounG2269
ὃςhos
whorelative pronounG3739
ἀντὶanti
forprepositionG473
βρώσεωςbrōseōs
mealnounG1035
μιᾶςmias
into / toadjectiveG1519
ἀπέδετοapedeto
soldverbG591
τὰta
thearticleG3588
πρωτοτόκιαprōtotokia
birthrightnounG4415
ἑαυτοῦheautou
alone, her (own, -self)pronounG1438
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Hebrews 12:16

“Lest there be any fornicator: or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.” And wherein was Esau a “fornicator”? He does not say that Esau was a fornicator. “Lest there be any fornicator,” he says, then, “follow after holiness: lest there be any, as Esau, profane”: that is, gluttonous, without self-control, worldly, selling away things spiritual. “Who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright,” who through his own slothfulness sold this…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 31 on Hebrews
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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