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Hebrews 2

Heb. 2:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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pos (Greek #4459)
an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
KJV usage: how, after (by) what manner (means), that. (Occasionally unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: poce
Origin: adverb from the base of 4226
shall
ekpheugo (Greek #1628)
to flee out
KJV usage: escape, flee.
Pronounce: ek-fyoo'-go
Origin: from 1537 and 5343
we
hemeis (Greek #2249)
we (only used when emphatic)
KJV usage: us, we (ourselves).
Pronounce: hay-mice'
Origin: nominative plural of 1473
n escape
ekpheugo (Greek #1628)
to flee out
KJV usage: escape, flee.
Pronounce: ek-fyoo'-go
Origin: from 1537 and 5343
, if we neglect
ameleo (Greek #272)
to be careless of
KJV usage: make light of, neglect, be negligent, no regard.
Pronounce: am-el-eh'-o
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and 3199
so great
telikoutos (Greek #5082)
such as this, i.e. (in (figurative) magnitude) so vast
KJV usage: so great, so mighty.
Pronounce: tay-lik-oo'-tos
Origin: τηλικαύτη (tay-lik-ow'-tay) from a compound of 3588 with 2245 and 3778
salvation
soteria (Greek #4991)
rescue or safety (physically or morally)
KJV usage: deliver, health, salvation, save, saving.
Pronounce: so-tay-ree'-ah
Origin: feminine of a derivative of 4990 as (properly, abstract) noun
; which
hostis (Greek #3748)
which some, i.e. any that; also (definite) which same
KJV usage: X and (they), (such) as, (they) that, in that they, what(-soever), whereas ye, (they) which, who(-soever). Compare 3754.
Pronounce: hos'-tis
Origin: ἥτις (hay'-tis), and the neuter ὅτι (hot'-ee) from 3739 and 5100
o at
lambano (Greek #2983)
to take (in very many applications, literally and figuratively (properly objective or active, to get hold of; whereas 1209 is rather subjective or passive, to have offered to one; while 138 is more violent, to seize or remove))
KJV usage: accept, + be amazed, assay, attain, bring, X when I call, catch, come on (X unto), + forget, have, hold, obtain, receive (X after), take (away, up).
Pronounce: lam-ban'-o
Origin: a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is use only as an alternate in certain tenses
the first
arche (Greek #746)
(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank)
KJV usage: beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule.
Pronounce: ar-khay'
Origin: from 756
began
lambano (Greek #2983)
to take (in very many applications, literally and figuratively (properly objective or active, to get hold of; whereas 1209 is rather subjective or passive, to have offered to one; while 138 is more violent, to seize or remove))
KJV usage: accept, + be amazed, assay, attain, bring, X when I call, catch, come on (X unto), + forget, have, hold, obtain, receive (X after), take (away, up).
Pronounce: lam-ban'-o
Origin: a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is use only as an alternate in certain tenses
to be spoken
laleo (Greek #2980)
to talk, i.e. utter words
KJV usage: preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter. Compare 3004.
Pronounce: lal-eh'-o
Origin: a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb
by
dia (Greek #1223)
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
KJV usage: after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) ... fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.
Pronounce: dee-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act
the Lord
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kurios (Greek #2962)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
KJV usage: God, Lord, master, Sir.
Pronounce: koo'-ree-os
Origin: from κῦρος (supremacy)
, and was confirmed
bebaioo (Greek #950)
to stabilitate (figuratively)
KJV usage: confirm, (e-)stablish.
Pronounce: beb-ah-yo'-o
Origin: from 949
unto
eis (Greek #1519)
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
KJV usage: (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ice
Origin: a primary preposition
us
hemas (Greek #2248)
us
KJV usage: our, us, we.
Pronounce: hay-mas'
Origin: accusative case plural of 1473
by
hupo (Greek #5259)
under, i.e. (with the genitive case) of place (beneath), or with verbs (the agency or means, through); (with the accusative case) of place (whither (underneath) or where (below) or time (when (at))
KJV usage: among, by, from, in, of, under, with. In the comparative, it retains the same general applications, especially of inferior position or condition, and specially, covertly or moderately.
Pronounce: hoop-o'
Origin: a primary preposition
them that heard
akouo (Greek #191)
to hear (in various senses)
KJV usage: give (in the) audience (of), come (to the ears), (shall) hear(-er, -ken), be noised, be reported, understand.
Pronounce: ak-oo'-o
Origin: a primary verb
him;*
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
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Heb. 4:1,11• 1Let us therefore fear lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, anyone of you might seem to have failed of it.
 11Let us therefore use diligence to enter into that rest that no one fall in the same example of disobedience. (Heb. 4:1,11)
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Mark 1:14• 14But after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the glad tidings [of the kingdom] of God, (Mark 1:14)

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Heb. 4:1,11• 1Let us therefore fear lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, anyone of you might seem to have failed of it.
 11Let us therefore use diligence to enter into that rest that no one fall in the same example of disobedience. (Heb. 4:1,11)
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Heb. 10:28‑29• 28Anyone if he set at nought Moses' law dieth apart from mercy on two or three witnesses:
 29of how much worse punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy that trod down the Son of God, and counted common the blood of the covenant whereby he was sanctified, and insulted the Spirit of grace? (Heb. 10:28‑29)
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Heb. 12:25• 25Look that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if those did not escape, refusing as they did him speaking oracularly on earth, much more we that turn away from him from [the] heavens; (Heb. 12:25)
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Isa. 20:6•  (Isa. 20:6)
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Ezek. 17:15,18•  (Ezek. 17:15,18)
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Matt. 23:33• 33{i}Serpents, offspring of vipers, how should ye escape the judgment of hell?{/i} (Matt. 23:33)
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Rom. 2:3• 3And dost thou reckon this, O man that judgest those that do such things and practicest them, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? (Rom. 2:3)
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1 Thess. 5:3• 3When they are saying peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh on them as the pain on her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape. (1 Thess. 5:3)
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1 Peter 4:17‑18• 17Because the time [is] that judgment begin from the house of God; and if first from us, what [shall be] the end of those that obey not the gospel of God?
 18And if the righteous is with difficulty saved, where shall the impious and sinful appear? (1 Peter 4:17‑18)
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Rev. 6:16‑17• 16and they say to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
 17for the great day of his wrath is come; and who is able to stand? (Rev. 6:16‑17)
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Heb. 5:9• 9and, perfected, he became to all those that obey him author of salvation everlasting, (Heb. 5:9)
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Heb. 7:25‑26• 25Whence also he is able to save completely those that approach God through him, as ever living to intercede for them.
 26For such a high priest became us, holy, guileless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and become higher than the heavens, (Heb. 7:25‑26)
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Isa. 12:2•  (Isa. 12:2)
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Isa. 51:5,8•  (Isa. 51:5,8)
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Isa. 62:11•  (Isa. 62:11)
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Luke 1:69• 69and raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of David, his servant. (Luke 1:69)
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John 3:16‑18• 16For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that every one that believeth on him should not perish but have life eternal.
 17For God sent not his Son into the world that he should judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
 18He that believeth on him is not judged; but he that believeth not hath been already judged, because he hath not believed on the name of the only-begotten Son of God. (John 3:16‑18)
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Acts 4:12• 12And in none other is there salvation; for neither is there a different name under heaven that is given among men by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)
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1 Tim. 1:15• 15Faithful [is] the word and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. (1 Tim. 1:15)
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Titus 2:11• 11For the grace of God appeared bringing salvation to all men, (Titus 2:11)
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Rev. 7:10• 10and they cry with a loud voice, saying, The salvation to our God that sitteth on the throne and to the Lamb. (Rev. 7:10)
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Heb. 1:2• 2at [the] end of these days spoke to us in a Son, whom he constituted heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; (Heb. 1:2)
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Matt. 4:17• 17{i}From that time began Jesus to preach and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.{/i} (Matt. 4:17)
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Mark 1:14• 14But after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the glad tidings [of the kingdom] of God, (Mark 1:14)
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Luke 24:19• 19And he said to them, What things? And they said to him, The things concerning Jesus the Nazarean, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, (Luke 24:19)
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Acts 2:22• 22Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man shown forth from God to you by mighty works, and wonders, and signs, which God wrought by him in your midst, as yourselves know (Acts 2:22)
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Mark 16:15‑19• 15{i}And he said to them,{/i} Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to all the creation.
 16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; and he that believeth not shall be condemned.
 17And these signs shall follow those that have believed: in my name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;
 18they shall take up serpents; and if they should drink any deadly thing it shall not injure them; they shall lay hands on the infirm, and they shall be well.
 19The Lord, therefore, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat at the right hand of God. (Mark 16:15‑19)
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Luke 1:2• 2{i}as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and attendants on the Word have delivered them to us,{/i} (Luke 1:2)
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Luke 24:47‑48• 47and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all the Gentiles beginning at Jerusalem.
 48Ye are witnesses of these things. (Luke 24:47‑48)
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John 15:27• 27and ye too testify, because ye are with me from [the] beginning. (John 15:27)
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Acts 1:22• 22beginning from the baptism of John until the day in which he was received up from us, must one of these become a witness with us of his resurrection. (Acts 1:22)
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Acts 10:40‑42• 40him God raised on the third day and gave him to be manifest
 41not to all the people, but to witnesses that were chosen before by God, to us which ate and drank with him, after he rose from [the] dead.
 42And he charged us to preach to the people and testify that this is he that is ordained by God judge of living and dead. (Acts 10:40‑42)
• It is a salvation on which the Holy Spirit never wearies of expatiating. And how gracious of God toward those who have His word and yet are in danger of neglecting "so great salvation"! not only neglecting to receive it but negligent of it when professed. This snare of a religious people like Israel is just the danger of Christendom now. (“Hebrews 2:1-4” by W. Kelly)
• How then shall we escape if we neglect a salvation which the Lord Himself has announced? Thus the service of the Lord among the Jews was a word of salvation, which the apostles confirmed and which the mighty testimony of the Holy Spirit established. (“Hebrews 2” by J.N. Darby)
• Here it is the salvation which was preached by the Lord to the Jews, by which a way of escape was opened to the believing remnant from the judgment about to fall on the nation. This salvation was afterward preached by Peter and the other apostles in the early chapters of the Acts, when they said, “Save yourselves from this untoward generation.” (“The Authority of the Word of the Son: Hebrews 2:1-4” by H. Smith)
• When God formulated His demands upon men it was sufficient that angels should serve Him, and that a man such as Moses should be His mouthpiece. Now that His great salvation is the theme the Son Himself comes forth and speaks. (“Hebrews 1” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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how shall *we* escape if we have been negligent ofr so great salvation, which, having had its commencement in being spoken of by the Lord, has been confirmed to us by those who have heard;

JND Translation Notes

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Not merely neglected when presented, but not cared for when, as here, they were nominally inside making profession. As Matt. 22.5. "They made light of" the invitation to the supper. 1 Tim. 4.14. "negligent" of the gift in him. he had it. Heb. 8.9. Israel was disobedient, and Jehovah "did not regard them."

W. Kelly Translation

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how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation, which, having begun to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by those that heard,