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Hebrews 11

Heb. 11:3 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
we understand
noieo (Greek #3539)
to exercise the mind (observe), i.e. (figuratively) to comprehend, heed
KJV usage: consider, perceive, think, understand.
Pronounce: noy-eh'-o
Origin: from 3563
k that
katartizo (Greek #2675)
to complete thoroughly, i.e. repair (literally or figuratively) or adjust
KJV usage: fit, frame, mend, (make) perfect(-ly join together), prepare, restore.
Pronounce: kat-ar-tid'-zo
Origin: from 2596 and a derivative of 739
the worlds
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
aion (Greek #165)
properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future)
KJV usage: age, course, eternal, (for) ever(-more), (n-)ever, (beginning of the , while the) world (began, without end). Compare 5550.
Pronounce: ahee-ohn'
Origin: from the same as 104
were framed
katartizo (Greek #2675)
to complete thoroughly, i.e. repair (literally or figuratively) or adjust
KJV usage: fit, frame, mend, (make) perfect(-ly join together), prepare, restore.
Pronounce: kat-ar-tid'-zo
Origin: from 2596 and a derivative of 739
by the word
rhema (Greek #4487)
an utterance (individually, collectively or specially),; by implication, a matter or topic (especially of narration, command or dispute); with a negative naught whatever
KJV usage: + evil, + nothing, saying, word.
Pronounce: hray'-mah
Origin: from 4483
of God
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
, so that
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
things which are seen
blepo (Greek #991)
to look at (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: behold, beware, lie, look (on, to), perceive, regard, see, sight, take heed. Compare 3700.
Pronounce: blep'-o
Origin: a primary verb
were
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
not
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)
made
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
of
ek (Greek #1537)
or ἐξ (ex) a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote)
KJV usage: after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
Pronounce: ek
things which do appear
phaino (Greek #5316)
to lighten (shine), i.e. show (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: appear, seem, be seen, shine, X think.
Pronounce: fah'-ee-no
Origin: prolongation for the base of 5457
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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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Gen. 1:1• 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Gen. 1:1)
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Psa. 33:6• 6By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. (Psa. 33:6)

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Heb. 1:2• 2at the end of these days has spoken to us in the person of the Son, whom he has established heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; (Heb. 1:2)
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Gen. 1:1‑31• 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
 2And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
 3And God said, Let there be light. And there was light.
 4And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness.
 5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning--the first day.
 6And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.
 7And God made the expanse, and divided between the waters that are under the expanse and the waters that are above the expanse; and it was so.
 8And God called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning--a second day.
 9And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so.
 10And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
 11And God said, Let the earth cause grass to spring up, herb producing seed, fruit-trees yielding fruit after their kind, the seed of which is in them, on the earth. And it was so.
 12And the earth brought forth grass, herb producing seed after its kind, and trees yielding fruit, the seed of which is in them, after their kind. And God saw that it was good.
 13And there was evening, and there was morning--a third day.
 14And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
 15and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so.
 16And God made the two great lights, the great light to rule the day, and the small light to rule the night,--and the stars.
 17And God set them in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth,
 18and to rule during the day and during the night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
 19And there was evening, and there was morning--a fourth day.
 20And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living souls, and let fowl fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens.
 21And God created the great sea monsters, and every living soul that moves with which the waters swarm, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
 22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply on the earth.
 23And there was evening, and there was morning--a fifth day.
 24And God said, Let the earth bring forth living souls after their kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth, after their kind. And it was so.
 25And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
 26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over the whole earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth on the earth.
 27And God created Man in his image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
 28And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over every animal that moveth on the earth.
 29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb producing seed that is on the whole earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree producing seed: it shall be food for you;
 30and to every animal of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth on the earth, in which is a living soul, every green herb for food. And it was so.
 31And God saw everything that he had made, and behold it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning--the sixth day. (Gen. 1:1‑31)
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Gen. 2:1• 1And the heavens and the earth and all their host were finished. (Gen. 2:1)
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Psa. 33:6• 6By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. (Psa. 33:6)
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Isa. 40:26• 26Lift up your eyes on high, and see! Who hath created these things, bringing out their host by number? He calleth them all by name; through the greatness of his might and strength of power, not one faileth. (Isa. 40:26)
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Jer. 10:11,16• 11Thus shall ye say unto them: The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.
 16The portion of Jacob is not like them; for it is he that hath formed all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name. (Jer. 10:11,16)
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John 1:3• 3All things received being through him, and without him not one thing received being which has received being. (John 1:3)
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Acts 14:15• 15and saying, Men, why do ye these things? *We* also are men of like passions with you, preaching to you to turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things in them; (Acts 14:15)
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Acts 17:24• 24The God who has made the world and all things which are in it, *he*, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands, (Acts 17:24)
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Rom. 1:19‑21• 19Because what is known of God is manifest among them, for God has manifested it to them,
 20--for from the world's creation the invisible things of him are perceived, being apprehended by the mind through the things that are made, both his eternal power and divinity,--so as to render them inexcusable.
 21Because, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but fell into folly in their thoughts, and their heart without understanding was darkened: (Rom. 1:19‑21)
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Rom. 4:17• 17(according as it is written, I have made thee father of many nations,) before the God whom he believed, who quickens the dead, and calls the things which be not as being; (Rom. 4:17)
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2 Peter 3:5• 5For this is hidden from them through their own wilfulness, that heavens were of old, and an earth, having its subsistence out of water and in water, by the word of God, (2 Peter 3:5)
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Rev. 4:11• 11Thou art worthy, O our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honour and power; for *thou* hast created all things, and for thy will they were, and they have been created. (Rev. 4:11)
• Faith realizes things hoped for, a demonstration to the soul of matters not seen. (“Hebrews 11:1-3” by W. Kelly)
• What is seen did not derive its being from what appears. That all was made out of nothing is what no Christian would say; but that, where nothing existed, God created all things out of His own will and word is just the truth, alike simple and profound. (“Hebrews 11:1-3” by W. Kelly)
• If science cannot discover, God can reveal. (“Hebrews 11:1-3” by W. Kelly)
• He speaks, and the thing is. We feel that this is worthy of God; for, when once God is brought in, all is simple. Shut Him out, and man is lost in the efforts of his own imagination, which can neither create nor arrive at the knowledge of a Creator, because it only works with the power of a creature. (“Hebrews 11” by J.N. Darby)
• Faith leads us to understand things that lie outside the comprehension of the natural mind. (“The Path of Faith: Hebrews 11:1-3” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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By faith we apprehend that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that that which is seen should not take its origin from things which appear.

W. Kelly Translation

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By faith we apprehend that the worlds were framed by God’s word, so that the [things] behelda have not derived their being out of [things] apparentb.

WK Translation Notes

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The perfect tense is twice misrendered by the KJV. It should be "have been framed," and "What is seen hath not come into being."
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Or, "phenomena."