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Hebrews 11

Heb. 11:28 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Through faith
pistis (Greek #4102)
persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself
KJV usage: assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
Pronounce: pis'-tis
Origin: from 3982
he kept
poieo (Greek #4160)
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
KJV usage: abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield. Compare 4238.
Pronounce: poy-eh'-o
Origin: apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary
the passover
pascha (Greek #3957)
the Passover (the meal, the day, the festival or the special sacrifices connected with it)
KJV usage: Easter, Passover.
Pronounce: pas'-khah
Origin: of Chaldee origin (compare 06453)
x, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
the sprinkling
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
proschusis (Greek #4378)
a shedding forth, i.e. affusion
KJV usage: sprinkling.
Pronounce: pros'-khoo-sis
Origin: from a comparative of 4314 and χέω (to pour)
of blood
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
haima (Greek #129)
blood, literally (of men or animals), figuratively (the juice of grapes) or specially (the atoning blood of Christ); by implication, bloodshed, also kindred
KJV usage: blood.
Pronounce: hah'-ee-mah
Origin: of uncertain derivation
, lest
hina (Greek #2443)
in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
KJV usage: albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. Compare 3363.
Pronounce: hin'-ah
Origin: probably from the same as the former part of 1438 (through the demonstrative idea; compare 3588)
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)
he that destroyed
olothreuo (Greek #3645)
to spoil, i.e. slay
KJV usage: destroy.
Pronounce: ol-oth-ryoo'-o
Origin: from 3639
the firstborn
prototokos (Greek #4416)
first-born (usually as noun, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: firstbegotten(-born).
Pronounce: pro-tot-ok'-os
Origin: from 4413 and the alternate of 5088
should touch
thiggano (Greek #2345)
to manipulate, i.e. have to do with; by implication, to injure
KJV usage: handle, touch.
Pronounce: thing-gan'-o
Origin: a prolonged form of an obsolete primary θίγω (to finger)
them
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
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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
x
Ex. 12:21•  (Ex. 12:21)
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Blood,
Faith,
Sprinkling,
The Passover

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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he kept.
Ex. 12:3‑14,21‑30•  (Ex. 12:3‑14,21‑30)
the sprinkling.
Heb. 9:19• 19For when every commandment was spoken according to law by Moses to all the people, having taken the blood of calves and of goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, (Heb. 9:19)
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Heb. 12:24• 24and to Jesus mediator of a new covenant, and to blood of sprinkling speaking better than Abel. (Heb. 12:24)
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Ex. 12:7,13,23•  (Ex. 12:7,13,23)
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1 Peter 1:2• 2elect, according to foreknowledge of God [the] Father, in [the] Spirit's sanctification, unto obedience and blood-sprinkling of Jesus Christ: grace to you and peace be multiplied. (1 Peter 1:2)
• the putting of the blood upon the door posts, was never repeated. What a witness to the one offering which avails forever, in the midst of a system of many and manifold sacrifices till He came Whose death vindicated and fulfilled it! (“Hebrews 11:27-29” by W. Kelly)
• Faith is not our estimate of the Lamb's blood, but resting on His estimate of it. (“Hebrews 11:27-29” by W. Kelly)
• in verses 28-31 faith displays itself in a trust that reposes on God with regard to the use of the means which He sets before us, and of which nature cannot avail itself. (“Hebrews 11” by J.N. Darby)
• God has provided the means of securing safety in the presence of judgment. (“Hebrews 11” by J.N. Darby)
• By the act of putting the blood on the door, the people acknowledged that they were as much the objects of the just judgment of God as the Egyptians. (“Hebrews 11” by J.N. Darby)
• Faith rests, not on our estimate of the blood of the Lamb, but on God’s perfect estimate. (“Faith Overcoming the Present World: Hebrews 11:23-40” by H. Smith)
• "By faith he kept the passover,"-not "they." It was between God and the Mediator (Heb 11:28). All the work of our salvation was done between God and Christ: we had no part in it. (“Hunt’s Sayings - 567” by R. Hunt)

J. N. Darby Translation

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By faith he celebratedd the passover and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.

JND Translation Notes

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Here and ver. 17, as to the offering up Isaac, the verbs are in the perfect; this is remarkable. The other facts are generally passing facts, part of the whole history; these are of standing significance, either figuratively setting the believer on a new ground, or viewed as continued till the time of the epistle. "by faith Abraham has offered," "by faith he has celebrated"; only this is not possible in English. It was not external continuance, for the blood sprinkling was only once.

W. Kelly Translation

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By faith he hath celebrated the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.