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Hebrews 4

He. 4:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For
gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
we have
echo (Greek #2192)
(used in certain tenses only) a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
KJV usage: be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.
Pronounce: ekh'-o
Origin: σχέω (skheh'-o)
not
ou (Greek #3756)
the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not
KJV usage: + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.
Pronounce: oo
Origin: οὐκ (ook), and (before an aspirate) οὐχ (ookh) a primary word
an high priest which
archiereus (Greek #749)
the high-priest (literally, of the Jews, typically, Christ); by extension a chief priest
KJV usage: chief (high) priest, chief of the priests.
Pronounce: ar-khee-er-yuce'
Origin: from 746 and 2409
cannot
dunamai (Greek #1410)
to be able or possible
KJV usage: be able, can (do, + -not), could, may, might, be possible, be of power.
Pronounce: doo'-nam-ahee
Origin: of uncertain affinity
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
be touchedq with the feeling of
sumpatheo (Greek #4834)
to feel "sympathy" with, i.e. (by implication) to commiserate
KJV usage: have compassion, be touched with a feeling of.
Pronounce: soom-path-eh'-o
Origin: from 4835
our
hemon (Greek #2257)
of (or from) us
KJV usage: our (company), us, we.
Pronounce: hay-mone'
Origin: genitive case plural of 1473
infirmities
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
astheneia (Greek #769)
feebleness (of mind or body); by implication, malady; morally, frailty
KJV usage: disease, infirmity, sickness, weakness.
Pronounce: as-then'-i-ah
Origin: from 772
; but
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
was
peirazo (Greek #3985)
to test (objectively), i.e. endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline
KJV usage: assay, examine, go about, prove, tempt(-er), try.
Pronounce: pi-rad'-zo
Origin: from 3984
in
kata (Greek #2596)
(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
KJV usage: about, according as (to), after, against, (when they were) X alone, among, and, X apart, (even, like) as (concerning, pertaining to touching), X aside, at, before, beyond, by, to the charge of, (charita-)bly, concerning, + covered, (dai-)ly, down, every, (+ far more) exceeding, X more excellent, for, from ... to, godly, in(-asmuch, divers, every, -to, respect of), ... by, after the manner of, + by any means, beyond (out of) measure, X mightily, more, X natural, of (up-)on (X part), out (of every), over against, (+ your) X own, + particularly, so, through(-oughout, -oughout every), thus, (un-)to(-gether, -ward), X uttermost, where(-by), with. In composition it retains many of these applications, and frequently denotes opposition, distribution, or intensity.
Pronounce: kat-ah'
Origin: a primary particle
all points
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
tempted
peirazo (Greek #3985)
to test (objectively), i.e. endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline
KJV usage: assay, examine, go about, prove, tempt(-er), try.
Pronounce: pi-rad'-zo
Origin: from 3984
like as
kata (Greek #2596)
(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
KJV usage: about, according as (to), after, against, (when they were) X alone, among, and, X apart, (even, like) as (concerning, pertaining to touching), X aside, at, before, beyond, by, to the charge of, (charita-)bly, concerning, + covered, (dai-)ly, down, every, (+ far more) exceeding, X more excellent, for, from ... to, godly, in(-asmuch, divers, every, -to, respect of), ... by, after the manner of, + by any means, beyond (out of) measure, X mightily, more, X natural, of (up-)on (X part), out (of every), over against, (+ your) X own, + particularly, so, through(-oughout, -oughout every), thus, (un-)to(-gether, -ward), X uttermost, where(-by), with. In composition it retains many of these applications, and frequently denotes opposition, distribution, or intensity.
Pronounce: kat-ah'
Origin: a primary particle
homoiotes (Greek #3665)
resemblance
KJV usage: like as, similitude.
Pronounce: hom-oy-ot'-ace
Origin: from 3664
we are, yet without
choris (Greek #5565)
at a space, i.e. separately or apart from (often as preposition)
KJV usage: beside, by itself, without.
Pronounce: kho-rece'
Origin: adverb from 5561
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hamartia (Greek #266)
a sin (properly abstract)
KJV usage: offence, sin(-ful).
Pronounce: ham-ar-tee'-ah
Origin: from 264
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Os. 11:8• 8¿Cómo tengo de dejarte, oh Ehpraim? ¿he de entregarte yo, Israel? ¿cómo podré yo hacerte como Adma, ni ponerte como á Zeboim? Mi corazón se revuelve dentro de mí, inflámanse todas mis conmiseraciones. (Os. 11:8)
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1 P. 2:22• 22El cual no hizo pecado; ni fué hallado engaño en su boca: (1 P. 2:22)
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1 Jn. 3:5• 5Y sabéis que él apareció para quitar nuestros pecados, y no hay pecado en él. (1 Jn. 3:5)

More on:

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High Priest,
Priest; Priesthood,
Sin,
To Tempt; Temptation

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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we have.
He. 5:2• 2Que se pueda compadecer de los ignorantes y extraviados, pues que él también está rodeado de flaqueza; (He. 5:2)
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Éx. 23:9• 9Y no angustiarás al extranjero: pues vosotros sabéis cómo se halla el alma del extranjero, ya que extranjeros fuisteis en la tierra de Egipto. (Éx. 23:9)
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Is. 53:4‑5• 4Ciertamente llevó él nuestras enfermedades, y sufrió nuestros dolores; y nosotros le tuvimos por azotado, por herido de Dios y abatido.
 5Mas él herido fué por nuestras rebeliones, molido por nuestros pecados: el castigo de nuestra paz sobre él; y por su llaga fuimos nosotros curados. (Is. 53:4‑5)
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Os. 11:8• 8¿Cómo tengo de dejarte, oh Ehpraim? ¿he de entregarte yo, Israel? ¿cómo podré yo hacerte como Adma, ni ponerte como á Zeboim? Mi corazón se revuelve dentro de mí, inflámanse todas mis conmiseraciones. (Os. 11:8)
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Mt. 8:16‑17• 16Y como fué ya tarde, trajeron á él muchos endemoniados: y echó los demonios con la palabra, y sanó á todos los enfermos;
 17Para que se cumpliese lo que fué dicho por el profeta Isaías, que dijo: El mismo tomó nuestras enfermedades, y llevó nuestras dolencias. (Mt. 8:16‑17)
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Mt. 12:20• 20La caña cascada no quebrará, Y el pábilo que humea no apagará, Hasta que saque á victoria el juicio. (Mt. 12:20)
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Fil. 2:7‑8• 7Sin embargo, se anonadó á sí mismo, tomando forma de siervo, hecho semejante á los hombres;
 8Y hallado en la condición como hombre, se humilló á sí mismo, hecho obediente hasta la muerte, y muerte de cruz. (Fil. 2:7‑8)
tempted.
He. 2:17‑18• 17Por lo cual, debía ser en todo semejante á los hermanos, para venir á ser misericordioso y fiel Pontífice en lo que es para con Dios, para expiar los pecados del pueblo.
 18Porque en cuanto él mismo padeció siendo tentado, es poderoso para socorrer á los que son tentados. (He. 2:17‑18)
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Lc. 4:2• 2Por cuarenta días, y era tentado del diablo. Y no comió cosa en aquellos días: los cuales pasados, tuvo hambre. (Lc. 4:2)
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Lc. 22:28• 28Empero vosotros sois los que habéis permanecido conmigo en mis tentaciones: (Lc. 22:28)
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He. 7:26• 26Porque tal pontífice nos convenía: santo, inocente, limpio, apartado de los pecadores, y hecho más sublime de los cielos; (He. 7:26)
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Is. 53:9• 9Y dipúsose con los impíos su sepultura, mas con los ricos fué en su muerte; porque nunca hizo él maldad, ni hubo engaño en su boca. (Is. 53:9)
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Jn. 8:46• 46¿Quién de vosotros me redarguye de pecado? Pues si digo verdad, ¿por qué vosotros no me creéis? (Jn. 8:46)
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2 Co. 5:21• 21Al que no conoció pecado, hizo pecado por nosotros, para que nosotros fuésemos hechos justicia de Dios en él. (2 Co. 5:21)
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1 P. 2:22• 22El cual no hizo pecado; ni fué hallado engaño en su boca: (1 P. 2:22)
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1 Jn. 3:5• 5Y sabéis que él apareció para quitar nuestros pecados, y no hay pecado en él. (1 Jn. 3:5)
• But the cloud of the direction, however precious, is not enough, nor the warning or winning and cheering voices of the silver trumpets. We need a living Person, inflexible for God's glory, unerring as to God's will, unfailing in gracious power for us in our weakness and exposure; and all this we have, and incalculably more, in Jesus the Son of God, passed through the heavens as a great High Priest. (“Hebrews 4:14-16” by W. Kelly)
• But here He lived, suffered, and died, knowing each and all as no one else ever did, or can, but Jesus the Son of God. Hence He was fitted, being man, and of unequallable experience. He is able, as none else, to sympathize, not with our sins which as saints we dare not seek but most heartily repudiate, but with our infirmities. (“Hebrews 4:14-16” by W. Kelly)
• It is not sins or failures excepted, but "apart from sin." We have evil temptations from within, from fallen humanity; Christ had none. This was absolutely incompatible with His holy person. By a miracle He was even as to humanity exempt from taint of evil, as no one ever was since the fall. And it is of these holy temptations that the Epistle to the Hebrews treats, not of our unholy ones. The Epistle of James distinguishes them very definitely in chap. 1. Compare ver. 2, 12, on the one hand, and ver. 13-19 on the other. (“Hebrews 4:14-16” by W. Kelly)
• He was tempted in every way, apart from sin. Sin had no part in it at all. (“Hebrews 4” by J.N. Darby)
• He experienced the trials a saint has to go through more fully than any of ourselves; and His heart, free and full of love, can entirely sympathize with us, according to His experience of ill, and according to the glorious liberty which He now has, to provide and care for it. (“Hebrews 4” by J.N. Darby)
• Infirmities are the weaknesses that belong to us as being in the body with its varied needs and liability to sickness and accident. Infirmity is not sin, though it may lead to sin. Hunger is an infirmity; to grumble because of hunger would be sin. (“The Rest to Which the Wilderness Leads: Hebrews 4:1-11” by H. Smith)
• The believer has to meet two forms of temptation: the temptations from the trials without and the temptations from sin within….It is the first form of temptation that comes before us in this passage in Hebrews—the temptation to turn from the path of obedience to the Word of God. (“The Rest to Which the Wilderness Leads: Hebrews 4:1-11” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For we have not a high priest not able to sympathise with our infirmities, but tempted in all things in like mannerh, sin apart.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "according to [our] likeness," which has substantially the same sense, "according to the likeness of the way in which we are tempted."

W. Kelly Translation

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For we have not a high priest unable to sympathize with our infirmities, but tempted as he hath been in all things alike aparta from sin.

WK Translation Notes

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Here the introduction of the word "yet" into the clause is a very great blemish, calculated to ruin the sense. If you read it without that addition, you may apprehend what the Holy Spirit means a great deal more distinctly and correctly. As it stands now in the KJV, and also in the work of the Revisers too, the deduction is that the Lord was tempted, but never yielded, never sinned. This is not at all the point. Of course, it is true that Christ never did sin; but it is far below the truth here intended. The true sense is that He has been in all things tempted in like sort, sin excepted. He never had our sinful temptations from a fallen nature such as {vi 30280-30282}{/vi} speaks of. For this He suffered on the cross, and now sympathizes with us in our dangers, difficulties, and weakness. He knew these trials incomparably more than we; but there was no sin in Him, no evil proclivities in His nature as in ours.