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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 the heavens were made,{HR}And all their host by the breath of his mouth; (Psa. 33:6)

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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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Gen. 1:1‑31• 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
 2And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God [was] brooding upon the face of the waters.
 3And God said, Light be: and light was.
 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, one day.
 6And God said, Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and dividing be 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 sprout grass, 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 sprouted 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 light-bearers in [the] expanse of the heavens to divide between the day and between the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;
 15and let them be for light-bearers in [the] expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth. And it was so.
 16And God made the two great lights, the greater light for ruling the day, and the lesser light for ruling the night (the stars also).
 17And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth
 18and to rule over the day and over 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 a swarm of living creatures , and let birds fly above the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.
 21And God created the great whales and every living creature that moveth with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird 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 birds multiply on the earth.
 23And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
 24And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the field, after its kind. And it was so.
 25And God made beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after its kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind. And God saw that [it was] good.
 26And God said, Let Us make men in Our image, after Our likeness; and let them have dominion over fish of the sea, and over bird of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
 27And God created Man in his image, in God's image 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 fish of the sea and bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that creepeth on the earth.
 29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb producing seed that [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which [is] the fruit of a tree producing seed: to you it shall be for food;
 30and to every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon 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 the heavens were made,{HR}And all their host by the breath of his mouth; (Psa. 33:6)
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Isa. 40:26• 26Lift up your eyes on high, and behold. Who hath created these [things], bringing out their host by number? He calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and strength of power, not one faileth. (Isa. 40:26)
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Jer. 10:11,16• 11{i}Thus 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.{/i}
 16The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of 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 were made by him, and without him not one thing was made which hath been made. (John 1:3)
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Acts 14:15• 15and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like affections with you, preaching to you that ye should turn from these vain things unto a 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 that made the world and all things therein, he being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands. (Acts 17:24)
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Rom. 1:19‑21• 19Because what may be known of God is manifest among them, for God made [it] manifest to them.
 20For the invisible things of him from [the] world's creation are perceived, being understood by the works, both his eternal power and Godhead, that they might be inexcusable.
 21Because, having known God, they glorified him not as God nor were thankful, but became vain in their thoughts, and their heart void of understanding was darkened. (Rom. 1:19‑21)
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Rom. 4:17• 17(even as it is written, “A father of many nations I have made thee”) before God whom he believed, that quickeneth the dead and calleth the things that be not as being; (Rom. 4:17)
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2 Peter 3:5• 5For this escapeth their notice willingly, that by the word of God heavens were of old, and an earth having its subsistence out of water and through water; (2 Peter 3:5)
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Rev. 4:11• 11Thou art worthy, O Lord [and our God], to receive the glory and the honour and the power: for thou createdest all things, and because of thy will they were and were 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."