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Hebrews 12:26 — King James Version← Study notes

Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.


Hebrews 12:26Greek Interlinear

Greek · Hebrews 12:2623 words
GreekMeaning
οὗhou
whoserelative pronounG3739
thearticleG3588
φωνὴphōnē
voicenounG5456
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
γῆνgēn
earthnounG1093
ἐσάλευσενesaleusen
shookverbG4531
τότεtote
at that timeadverbG5119
νῦνnyn
nowadverbG3568
δὲde
howeverwordG1161
ἐπήγγελταιepēngeltai
He has promisedverbG1861
λέγωνlegōn
sayingverbG3004
ἜτιEti
YetadverbG2089
ἅπαξhapax
once moreadverbG530
ἐγὼegō
I myselfpronounG1473
σείσωseisō
move, quake, shakeverbG4579
οὐou
notadverbG3756
μόνονmonon
onlyadjectiveG3441
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
γῆνgēn
earthnounG1093
ἀλλὰalla
butwordG235
καὶkai
alsoadverbG2532
τὸνton
thearticleG3588
οὐρανόνouranon
heavennounG3772
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Hebrews 12:26

Fearful were those things, but these are far more admirable and glorious. For here there is not “darkness,” nor “blackness,” nor “tempest.” It seems to me that by these words he hints at the obscurity of the Old [Testament], and the overshadowed and veiled character of the Law. And besides the Giver of the Law appears in fire terrible, and apt to punish those who transgress. But what are “the sounds of the trumpet”? Probably it is as though some King were coming. This at all…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 32 on Hebrews
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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