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Hebrews 2

Heb. 2:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For
gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
if
ei (Greek #1487)
if, whether, that, etc.
KJV usage: forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether. Often used in connection or composition with other particles, especially as in 1489, 1490, 1499, 1508, 1509, 1512, 1513, 1536, 1537. See also 1437.
Pronounce: i
Origin: a primary particle of conditionality
the word
logos (Greek #3056)
something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ)
KJV usage: account, cause, communication, X concerning, doctrine, fame, X have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say(-ing), shew, X speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work.
Pronounce: log'-os
Origin: from 3004
spoken
laleo (Greek #2980)
to talk, i.e. utter words
KJV usage: preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter. Compare 3004.
Pronounce: lal-eh'-o
Origin: a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb
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
angels
aggelos (Greek #32)
a messenger; especially an "angel"; by implication, a pastor
KJV usage: angel, messenger.
Pronounce: ang'-el-os
Origin: from ἀγγέλλω (probably derived from 71; compare 34) (to bring tidings)
l was
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
stedfast
bebaios (Greek #949)
stable (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: firm, of force, stedfast, sure.
Pronounce: beb'-ah-yos
Origin: from the base of 939 (through the idea of basality)
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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
every
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
transgression
parabasis (Greek #3847)
violation
KJV usage: breaking, transgression.
Pronounce: par-ab'-as-is
Origin: from 3845
m 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
disobedience
parakoe (Greek #3876)
inattention, i.e. (by implication) disobedience
KJV usage: disobedience.
Pronounce: par-ak-o-ay'
Origin: from 3878
received
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
a
misthapodosia (Greek #3405)
requital (good or bad)
KJV usage: recompence of reward.
Pronounce: mis-thap-od-os-ee'-ah
Origin: from 3406
just
endikos (Greek #1738)
in the right, i.e. equitable
KJV usage: just.
Pronounce: en'-dee-kos
Origin: from 1722 and 1349
recompence of reward
misthapodosia (Greek #3405)
requital (good or bad)
KJV usage: recompence of reward.
Pronounce: mis-thap-od-os-ee'-ah
Origin: from 3406
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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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Acts 7:53• 53ye, which received the law as ordinances of angels and kept it not. (Acts 7:53)
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Num. 15:31•  (Num. 15:31)

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Angels,
Rewards,
Transgression

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Deut. 32:2•  (Deut. 32:2)
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Psa. 68:17•  (Psa. 68:17)
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Acts 7:53• 53ye, which received the law as ordinances of angels and kept it not. (Acts 7:53)
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Gal. 3:19• 19Why then the law? For the sake of transgressions it was added, until the seed came to whom the promise was made, being ordained by means of angels in a mediator's hand. (Gal. 3:19)
every.
Heb. 10:28• 28Anyone if he set at nought Moses' law dieth apart from mercy on two or three witnesses: (Heb. 10:28)
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Ex. 32:27‑28•  (Ex. 32:27‑28)
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Lev. 10:1‑2•  (Lev. 10:1‑2)
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Lev. 24:14‑16•  (Lev. 24:14‑16)
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Num. 11:33•  (Num. 11:33)
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Num. 14:28‑37•  (Num. 14:28‑37)
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Num. 15:30‑36•  (Num. 15:30‑36)
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Num. 16:31‑35,49•  (Num. 16:31‑35,49)
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Num. 20:11‑12•  (Num. 20:11‑12)
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Num. 21:6•  (Num. 21:6)
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Num. 25:9•  (Num. 25:9)
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Deut. 4:3‑4•  (Deut. 4:3‑4)
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Deut. 17:2,5,12•  (Deut. 17:2,5,12)
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Deut. 27:26•  (Deut. 27:26)
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1 Cor. 10:5‑12• 5but in the most of them God had no pleasure, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
 6But these things happened as types of us, that we should not be lusters after evil things, even as they also lusted.
 7Neither be ye idolaters, even as some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
 8Neither let us commit fornication, even as some of them committed, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand.
 9Neither let us tempt the Lord, even as some of them tempted, and were perishing by the serpents.
 10Neither murmur ye, according as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer.
 11Now all these things happened unto them typically, and were written for our admonition, unto whom the ends of the ages have reached.
 12So then let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. (1 Cor. 10:5‑12)
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Jude 5• 5But I would remind you, though once for all knowing all things, that [the] Lord having saved a people out of Egypt's land, in the second place destroyed those that believed not. (Jude 5)
recompense.
Heb. 10:35• 35Cast not away therefore your confidence, the which hath great recompense. (Heb. 10:35)
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Heb. 11:6,26• 6But apart from faith [it is] impossible to please [him], for he that approacheth to God must believe that he is, and becometh a rewarder of those that seek him out.
 26counting the Christ's reproach greater riches than the treasures of Egypt, for he looked off unto the recompense. (Heb. 11:6,26)
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Heb. 11•  (Heb. 11)
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• God had maintained the authority of the word that was communicated by means of angels, punishing disobedience to it, for it was a law. (“Hebrews 2” by J.N. Darby)
• If there was no escape from the consequences of disobeying the law given by the disposition of angels, still less will there be any escape for the one who, having nominally made a profession of Christianity, treats the word of Christ with indifference and gives it up to return to Judaism. (“The Authority of the Word of the Son: Hebrews 2:1-4” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For if the word which was spoken by angels wasq firm, and every transgression and disobedience received just retribution,

JND Translation Notes

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That is, was so when given; all is in the aorist here, or a truth as to the past.

W. Kelly Translation

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For if the word spoken by angels was made firm, and every transgression and disobedience received just retributiona,

WK Translation Notes

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The word "retribution" is better English in our text, while "recompense" fits in Heb. 10:35, 11:26. The KJV, "recompense of reward," misled the Revisers’ version in this unusual excess of sameness.