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Hebrews 11

Heb. 11:8 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
Abraham
Abraam (Greek #11)
Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch
KJV usage: Abraham. (In Acts 7:16 the text should probably read Jacob.)
Pronounce: ab-rah-am'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (085)
c, when he was called
kaleo (Greek #2564)
to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
KJV usage: bid, call (forth), (whose, whose sur-)name (was (called)).
Pronounce: kal-eh'-o
Origin: akin to the base of 2753
to go out
exerchomai (Greek #1831)
to issue (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: come (forth, out), depart (out of), escape, get out, go (abroad, away, forth, out, thence), proceed (forth), spread abroad.
Pronounce: ex-er'-khom-ahee
Origin: from 1537 and 2064
into
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
a place
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
topos (Greek #5117)
a spot (general in space, but limited by occupancy; whereas 5561 is a large but participle locality), i.e. location (as a position, home, tract, etc.); figuratively, condition, opportunity; specially, a scabbard
KJV usage: coast, licence, place, X plain, quarter, + rock, room, where.
Pronounce: top'-os
Origin: apparently a primary word
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)
he should after
mello (Greek #3195)
to intend, i.e. be about to be, do, or suffer something (of persons or things, especially events; in the sense of purpose, duty, necessity, probability, possibility, or hesitation)
KJV usage: about, after that, be (almost), (that which is, things, + which was for) to come, intend, was to (be), mean, mind, be at the point, (be) ready, + return, shall (begin), (which, that) should (after, afterwards, hereafter) tarry, which was for, will, would, be yet.
Pronounce: mel'-lo
Origin: a strengthened form of 3199 (through the idea of expectation)
receive
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
for
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
an inheritance
kleronomia (Greek #2817)
heirship, i.e. (concretely) a patrimony or (genitive case) a possession
KJV usage: inheritance.
Pronounce: klay-ron-om-ee'-ah
Origin: from 2818
, obeyed
hupakouo (Greek #5219)
to hear under (as a subordinate), i.e. to listen attentively; by implication, to heed or conform to a command or authority
KJV usage: hearken, be obedient to, obey.
Pronounce: hoop-ak-oo'-o
Origin: from 5259 and 191
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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
he went out
exerchomai (Greek #1831)
to issue (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: come (forth, out), depart (out of), escape, get out, go (abroad, away, forth, out, thence), proceed (forth), spread abroad.
Pronounce: ex-er'-khom-ahee
Origin: from 1537 and 2064
, 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)
knowing
epistamai (Greek #1987)
to put the mind upon, i.e. comprehend, or be acquainted with
KJV usage: know, understand.
Pronounce: ep-is'-tam-ahee
Origin: apparently a middle voice of 2186 (with 3563 implied)
whither
pou (Greek #4226)
as adverb of place; at (by implication, to) what locality
KJV usage: where, whither.
Pronounce: poo
Origin: genitive case of an interrogative pronoun πός (what) otherwise obsolete (perhaps the same as 4225 used with the rising slide of inquiry)
he went
erchomai (Greek #2064)
middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the others being supplied by a kindred (middle voice) ἐλεύθομαι (el-yoo'-thom-ahee), or (active) ἔλθω (el'-tho), which do not otherwise occur) to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: accompany, appear, bring, come, enter, fall out, go, grow, X light, X next, pass, resort, be set.
Pronounce: er'-khom-ahee
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Gen. 12:1,4• 1Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee:
 4So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. (Gen. 12:1,4)
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Abraham.
Gen. 11:31• 31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. (Gen. 11:31)
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Gen. 12:1‑4• 1Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee:
 2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
 3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
 4So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. (Gen. 12:1‑4)
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Josh. 24:3• 3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. (Josh. 24:3)
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Neh. 9:7‑8• 7Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
 8And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous: (Neh. 9:7‑8)
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Isa. 41:2• 2Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. (Isa. 41:2)
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Isa. 51:2• 2Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. (Isa. 51:2)
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Acts 7:2‑4• 2And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
 3And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.
 4Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. (Acts 7:2‑4)
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Gen. 12:7• 7And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him. (Gen. 12:7)
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Gen. 13:15‑17• 15For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
 16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
 17Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. (Gen. 13:15‑17)
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Gen. 15:7‑8• 7And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
 8And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? (Gen. 15:7‑8)
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Gen. 17:8• 8And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. (Gen. 17:8)
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Gen. 26:3• 3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; (Gen. 26:3)
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Deut. 9:5• 5Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (Deut. 9:5)
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Psa. 105:9‑11• 9Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
 10And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
 11Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: (Psa. 105:9‑11)
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Ezek. 36:24• 24For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. (Ezek. 36:24)
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Heb. 11:33• 33Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, (Heb. 11:33)
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Heb. 5:9• 9And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; (Heb. 5:9)
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Gen. 22:18• 18And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. (Gen. 22:18)
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Gen. 15:5• 5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. (Gen. 15:5)
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Matt. 7:24‑25• 24Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
 25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. (Matt. 7:24‑25)
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Rom. 1:5• 5By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: (Rom. 1:5)
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Rom. 6:17• 17But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. (Rom. 6:17)
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Rom. 10:16• 16But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? (Rom. 10:16)
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2 Cor. 10:5• 5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; (2 Cor. 10:5)
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James 2:14‑16• 14What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
 15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
 16And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? (James 2:14‑16)
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1 Peter 1:22• 22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: (1 Peter 1:22)
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1 Peter 3:1• 1Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; (1 Peter 3:1)
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1 Peter 4:17• 17For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? (1 Peter 4:17)
• Abraham gives occasion to a large and varied scope of faith, and stands at the head of those who illustrate its patience, rather than its energy which shines in Moses and those that follow. And this is the true moral order: first, waiting on God who had promised; secondly, overcoming difficulties and dangers in His power. (“Hebrews 11:8-10” by W. Kelly)
• God called the man of His choice, not to attack or reform the evil, but to Himself and a land He would show him, with blessing assured. (“Hebrews 11:8-10” by W. Kelly)
• He did not ask, Whither? He trusted God implicitly. Thus his faith was unmixed with calculations of self, resting solely but fully on His word Who loves and never deceives. (“Hebrews 11:8-10” by W. Kelly)
• In that which follows, we have first the patience of faith when it does not possess, but trusts God and waits, assured of fulfillment. This is in verses 8-22. We may subdivide it thus-first {v.8-16}, the faith which takes the place of strangership on earth, and maintains it, because something better is desired....{v.17-22} The second character of faith presented in this part is entire confidence in the fulfillment of the promises-a confidence maintained in spite of all that might tend to destroy it. (“Hebrews 11” by J.N. Darby)
• In general we may say that verses 8-22 are faith resting assured on the promise, the patience of faith: verse 23 to the end, faith resting on God for the activities and difficulties faith leads to, the energy of faith. (“Hebrews 11” by J.N. Darby)
• The beginning of the call is that the God of glory appears to a man on earth: the end is that a Man appears in the glory of God in heaven. (“Faith Laying Hold of the World to Come: Hebrews 11:8-22” by H. Smith)
• At times we want to see what will be the result of taking a step in obedience to God’s Word; consequently, we hesitate to take the step. Human prudence would carefully weight up results: divinely given faith leaves the result of obedience with God. (“Faith Laying Hold of the World to Come: Hebrews 11:8-22” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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By faith Abraham, being called, obeyed to go out into the place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out, not knowing where he was going.

W. Kelly Translation

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By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go out into a place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out not knowing where he was goinga.

WK Translation Notes

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"Was going" is preferable to "went," especially after the words "went out" just before.