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Hebrews 11

Heb. 11:29 KJV (With Strong’s)

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By 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
they passeda through
diabaino (Greek #1224)
to cross
KJV usage: come over, pass (through).
Pronounce: dee-ab-ah'-ee-no
Origin: from 1223 and the base of 939
the
thalassa (Greek #2281)
the sea (genitive case or specially)
KJV usage: sea.
Pronounce: thal'-as-sah
Origin: probably prolonged from 251
Red
eruthros (Greek #2063)
red, i.e. (with 2281) the Red Sea
KJV usage: red.
Pronounce: er-oo-thros'
Origin: of uncertain affinity
sea
thalassa (Greek #2281)
the sea (genitive case or specially)
KJV usage: sea.
Pronounce: thal'-as-sah
Origin: probably prolonged from 251
as
hos (Greek #5613)
which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
KJV usage: about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.
Pronounce: hoce
Origin: probably adverb of comparative from 3739
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
dry
xeros (Greek #3584)
arid; by implication, shrunken, earth (as opposed to water)
KJV usage: dry land, withered.
Pronounce: xay-ros'
Origin: from the base of 3582 (through the idea of scorching)
land: which
hos (Greek #3739)
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
KJV usage: one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also 3757.
Pronounce: hos
Origin: ἥ (hay), and neuter ὅ (ho) probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article 3588)
the Egyptians
Aiguptios (Greek #124)
an Ægyptian or inhabitant of Ægyptus
KJV usage: Egyptian.
Pronounce: ahee-goop'-tee-os
Origin: from 125
assaying
peira (Greek #3984)
a test, i.e. attempt, experience
KJV usage: assaying, trial.
Pronounce: pi'-rah
Origin: from the base of 4008 (through the idea of piercing)
to do
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
were drowned
katapino (Greek #2666)
to drink down, i.e. gulp entire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: devour, drown, swallow (up).
Pronounce: kat-ap-ee'-no
Origin: from 2596 and 4095
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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
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Ex. 14:22,29• 22{i}And the children of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry ground; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.{/i}
 29{i}And the children of Israel walked on dry ground through the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.{/i} (Ex. 14:22,29)

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Faith,
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Ministry on This Verse

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Ex. 14:13‑31• 13{i}And Moses said to the people, Fear not: stand still, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which he will work for you today; for the Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more forever.{/i}
 14{i}Jehovah will fight for you, and ye shall be still.{/i}
 15{i}And Jehovah said to Moses, Why dost thou cry unto me? Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward.{/i}
 16{i}And thou, lift thy staff, and stretch out thy hand over the sea, and divide it; and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.{/i}
 17{i}And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall pursue after them; and I will glorify myself in Pharaoh and in all his host, in his chariots and in his horsemen.{/i}
 18{i}And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have glorified myself in Pharaoh, in his chariots and in his horsemen.{/i}
 19{i}And the Angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before them, and stood behind them.{/i}
 20{i}And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and was a cloud and darkness, and lit up the night; and the one did not come near the other all the night.{/i}
 21{i}And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah made the sea go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.{/i}
 22{i}And the children of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry ground; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.{/i}
 23{i}And the Egyptians pursued and came after them—all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots and his horsemen, into the midst of the sea.{/i}
 24{i}And it came to pass in the morning watch, that Jehovah looked upon the camp of the Egyptians, in the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and embarrassed the camp of the Egyptians.{/i}
 25{i}And he took off their chariot wheels, and caused them to drive with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, Let us flee before Israel, for Jehovah is fighting for them against the Egyptians!{/i}
 26{i}And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the sea, that the waters may return upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and upon their horsemen.{/i}
 27{i}And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength toward the morning; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Jehovah overturned the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.{/i}
 28{i}And the waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen of all the host of Pharaoh that had come into the sea after them; there remained not even one of them.{/i}
 29{i}And the children of Israel walked on dry ground through the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.{/i}
 30{i}Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the sea-shore.{/i}
 31{i}And Israel saw the great power with which Jehovah had wrought against the Egyptians; and the people feared Jehovah, and believed in Jehovah, and in Moses his bondman.{/i} (Ex. 14:13‑31)
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Ex. 15:1‑21• 1{i}Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song to Jehovah, and spoke, saying{/i},{HR}I will sing unto Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously:{HR}The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
 2Jah is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation.{HR}{i}This is my God, and I will glorify him;{HR}My father's God, and I will extol him.{/i}
 3{i}Jehovah is a man of war; Jehovah, his name.{HR}{/i}
 4{i}Pharaoh's chariots and his army hath he cast into the sea;{HR}His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.{HR}{/i}
 5{i}The depths covered them; they sank to the bottom as a stone.{HR}{/i}
 6{i}Thy right hand, Jehovah, is become glorious in power:{HR}Thy right hand, Jehovah, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.{HR}{/i}
 7{i}And by the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown thine adversaries:{HR}Thou sentest forth thy burning wrath, it consumed them as stubble.{HR}{/i}
 8{i}And by the breath of thy nostrils the waters were heaped up;{HR}The streams stood as a mound;{HR}The depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.{HR}{/i}
 9{i}The enemy said, I will pursue,{HR}I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;{HR}My soul shall be sated upon them;{HR}I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them.{HR}{/i}
 10{i}Thou didst blow with thy breath, the sea covered them;{HR}They sank as lead in the mighty waters.{HR}{/i}
 11{i}Who is like unto thee, Jehovah, among the gods?{HR}Who is like unto thee, glorifying thyself in holiness,{HR}Fearful in praises, doing wonders?{HR}{/i}
 12{i}Thou stretchedst out thy right hand,{HR}The earth swallowed them.{HR}{/i}
 13{i}Thou by thy mercy hast led forth the people that thou hast redeemed;{HR}Thou hast guided them by thy strength unto the abode of thy holiness.{HR}{/i}
 14{i}The peoples heard it, they were afraid:{HR}A thrill seized the inhabitants of Philistia.{HR}{/i}
 15{i}Then the princes of Edom were amazed;{HR}The mighty men of Moab, trembling hath seized them;{HR}All the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.{HR}{/i}
 16{i}Fear and dread fall upon them;{HR}By the greatness of thine arm they are still as a stone;{HR}Till thy people pass over, Jehovah,{HR}Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased.{HR}{/i}
 17Thou shalt bring them in,{HR}And plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance,{HR}In the place, O Jehovah, which thou hast made for Thee to dwell in,{HR}In the sanctuary, O Jehovah, which thy hands have established.
 18Jehovah shall reign forever and ever.
 19{i}For the horse of Pharaoh, with his chariots and with his horsemen, came into the sea, and Jehovah brought again the waters of the sea upon them; and the children of Israel went on dry ground through the midst of the sea.{/i}
 20{i}And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the tambour in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambours and with dances.{/i}
 21{i}And Miriam answered them, Sing to Jehovah, for he is highly exalted: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.{/i} (Ex. 15:1‑21)
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Josh. 2:10• 10For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the water of the Red Sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. (Josh. 2:10)
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Neh. 9:11• 11{i}And thou didst divide the sea before them, and they went through the midst of the sea on dry ground; and their pursuers thou threwest into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.{/i} (Neh. 9:11)
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Psa. 66:6• 6He turned sea to dry land;{HR}Through the river they passed on foot;{HR}There did we be glad in him. (Psa. 66:6)
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Psa. 78:13• 13He clave the sea and caused them to pass through{HR}And made the waters to stand as a heap; (Psa. 78:13)
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Psa. 106:9‑11• 9And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;{HR}And he made them walk through the depths as the wilderness.
 10And he saved them from the hater's hand,{HR}And redeemed them from the enemy's hand.
 11And waters covered their adversaries;{HR}Not one of them was left. (Psa. 106:9‑11)
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Psa. 114:1‑5• 1When Israel went out of Egypt,{HR}Jacob's house from a people of strange speech,
 2Judah was (for) his sanctuary,{HR}Israel his dominion.
 3The sea saw and fled,{HR}The Jordan turned back,
 4The mountains skipped like rams,{HR}The hills like lambs.
 5What ailed ([was] to) thee, thou (the) sea, that thou didst flee?{HR}Thou Jordan, that thou turnedst back? (Psa. 114:1‑5)
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Psa. 136:13‑15• 13To him that divided the Red Sea into parts;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 14And made Israel pass in its midst;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 15And shook off Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever. (Psa. 136:13‑15)
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Isa. 11:15‑16• 15And Jehovah will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it into seven streams, and cause [men] to march over dryshod.
 16And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, which will remain, from Assyria; like as there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. (Isa. 11:15‑16)
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Isa. 51:9‑10• 9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the ancient days, the generations of old. [Art] thou not he that cut Rahab in pieces, [and] wounded the monster?
 10[Art] thou not he who dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over. (Isa. 51:9‑10)
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Isa. 63:11‑16• 11But he remembered the days of old, Moses [and] his people, [saying], Where [is] he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? where [is] he that put his holy Spirit in the midst of him,
 12his glorious arm leading [them] by the hand of Moses, dividing the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name,
 13who led them through the depths; as a horse in the wilderness [that] they stumbled not?
 14As cattle go down into the valley, the Spirit of Jehovah gave them rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a name of glory.
 15Look down from the heavens, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory. Where [is] thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies? Are they restrained toward me?
 16For thou [art] our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Jehovah, [art] our father; our Redeemer, from everlasting [is] thy name. (Isa. 63:11‑16)
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Hab. 3:8‑10• 8Was Jehovah displeased against the rivers?
 9Thy bow was made quite naked,
 10The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: (Hab. 3:8‑10)
• Such is the force of the Red Sea typically: not God staid and kept outside by the Lamb's blood, but now, with that basis laid, His power on our behalf in Christ dead and risen. (“Hebrews 11:27-29” by W. Kelly)
• Many souls stop short at the Passover and lose consequently the assurance of God for them. (“Hebrews 11:27-29” by W. Kelly)
• We do not hear of a single Egyptian sprinkling his doorpost with a lamb's blood. People would like to be saved, without confessing their sins or God's judgment of them in the cross of Christ, which is the sole righteous ground of their remission. (“Hebrews 11:27-29” by W. Kelly)
• In the Passover God was a Judge, in the Red Sea a Savior. (“Hebrews 11:30-31” by W. Kelly)
• {v.29-40} Finally, there is the energy in general, of which faith is the source, and the sufferings that characterize the walk of faith. (“Hebrews 11” by J.N. Darby)
• There, where the judgment of God is, even there is the deliverance….Death and judgment shield us from the enemy. They are our security. (“Hebrews 11” by J.N. Darby)
• At the Red Sea it was not merely deliverance from judgment hanging over them; God was for the people, active in love and in power for them. (“Hebrews 11” by J.N. Darby)
• The Egyptians assaying to pass through the Red Sea were drowned. For nature to face death without faith is certain destruction. (“Faith Overcoming the Present World: Hebrews 11:23-40” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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By faith they passed through the Red sea as through dry land; of which the Egyptians having made trial were swallowed up.

W. Kelly Translation

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By faith they passed through the Red Sea, as through dry land, of which the Egyptians made trial and were swallowed up.