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Hebrews 6

Heb. 6:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
that which beareth
ekphero (Greek #1627)
to bear out (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bear, bring forth, carry forth (out).
Pronounce: ek-fer'-o
Origin: from 1537 and 5342
thorns
akantha (Greek #173)
a thorn
KJV usage: thorn.
Pronounce: ak'-an-thah
Origin: probably from the same as 188
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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
briers
tribolos (Greek #5146)
properly, a crow-foot (three-pronged obstruction in war), i.e. (by analogy) a thorny plant (caltrop)
KJV usage: brier, thistle.
Pronounce: trib'-ol-os
Origin: from 5140 and 956
is rejected
adokimos (Greek #96)
unapproved, i.e. rejected; by implication, worthless (literally or morally)
KJV usage: castaway, rejected, reprobate.
Pronounce: ad-ok'-ee-mos
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and 1384
, 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
is nigh unto
eggus (Greek #1451)
near (literally or figuratively, of place or time)
KJV usage: from , at hand, near, nigh (at hand, unto), ready.
Pronounce: eng-goos'
Origin: from a primary verb ἄγχω (to squeeze or throttle; akin to the base of 43)
cursing
katara (Greek #2671)
imprecation, execration
KJV usage: curse(-d, ing).
Pronounce: kat-ar'-ah
Origin: from 2596 (intensive) and 685
; whose
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)
end
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
telos (Greek #5056)
properly, the point aimed at as a limit, i.e. (by implication) the conclusion of an act or state (termination (literally, figuratively or indefinitely), result (immediate, ultimate or prophetic), purpose); specially, an impost or levy (as paid)
KJV usage: + continual, custom, end(-ing), finally, uttermost. Compare 5411.
Pronounce: tel'-os
Origin: from a primary τέλλω (to set out for a definite point or goal)
is to
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
be burned
kausis (Greek #2740)
burning (the act)
KJV usage: be burned.
Pronounce: kow'-sis
Origin: from 2545
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Isa. 5:6• 6and I will make it a waste--it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. (Isa. 5:6)

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Briers,
Thorns; Thistles

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beareth.
Heb. 12:17• 17for ye know that also afterwards, desiring to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, (for he found no place for repentance) although he sought it earnestly with tears. (Heb. 12:17)
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Gen. 3:17‑18• 17And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground on thy account; with toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
 18and thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. (Gen. 3:17‑18)
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Gen. 4:11• 11And now be thou cursed from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. (Gen. 4:11)
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Gen. 5:29• 29And he called his name Noah, saying, This one shall comfort us concerning our work and concerning the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah has cursed. (Gen. 5:29)
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Deut. 29:28• 28and Jehovah rooted them out of their land in anger, and in fury, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it appears this day. (Deut. 29:28)
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Job 31:40• 40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. (Job 31:40)
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Psa. 107:34• 34A fruitful land into a plain of salt, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. (Psa. 107:34)
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Isa. 5:1‑7• 1I will sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard: My well-beloved had a vineyard upon a fruitful hill.
 2And he dug it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine; and he built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, but it brought forth wild grapes.
 3And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
 4What was there yet to do to my vineyard that I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?--
 5And now, let me tell you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trodden under foot;
 6and I will make it a waste--it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
 7For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry. (Isa. 5:1‑7)
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Jer. 17:6• 6And he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but he shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited. (Jer. 17:6)
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Jer. 44:22• 22And Jehovah could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations that ye had committed; and your land is become a waste, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as at this day. (Jer. 44:22)
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Mark 11:14,21• 14And answering he said to it, Let no one eat fruit of thee any more for ever. And his disciples heard it.
 21And Peter, remembering what Jesus had said, says to him, Rabbi, see, the fig-tree which thou cursedst is dried up. (Mark 11:14,21)
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Luke 13:7‑9• 7And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none: cut it down; why does it also render the ground useless?
 8But he answering says to him, Sir, let it alone for this year also, until I shall dig about it and put dung,
 9and if it shall bear fruit--but if not, after that thou shalt cut it down. (Luke 13:7‑9)
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Heb. 10:27• 27but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and heat of fire about to devour the adversaries. (Heb. 10:27)
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Isa. 27:10‑11• 10For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation abandoned and forsaken like a wilderness; there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume its boughs.
 11When its branches are withered they shall be broken off; women shall come and set them on fire. For it is a people of no intelligence; therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he who formed them will shew them no favour. (Isa. 27:10‑11)
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Ezek. 15:2‑7• 2Son of man, what is the wood of the vine more than any wood, the vine-branch, which is among the trees of the forest?
 3Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
 4Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel: the fire consumeth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned; is it fit for any work?
 5Behold, when it was whole, it was used for no work; how much less when the fire hath consumed it, and it is burned, should it yet be used for any work?
 6Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
 7And I will set my face against them: they shall go forth from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah when I set my face against them. (Ezek. 15:2‑7)
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Ezek. 20:47• 47and say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of Jehovah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flashing flame shall not be quenched; and all that it meets from the south to the north shall be burned thereby. (Ezek. 20:47)
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Mal. 4:1• 1For behold, the day cometh, burning as a furnace; and all the proud and all that work wickedness shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, so that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. (Mal. 4:1)
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Matt. 3:10• 10And already the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. (Matt. 3:10)
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Matt. 7:19• 19Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. (Matt. 7:19)
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Matt. 25:41• 41Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: (Matt. 25:41)
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John 15:6• 6Unless any one abide in me he is cast out as the branch, and is dried up; and they gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. (John 15:6)
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Rev. 20:15• 15And if any one was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire. (Rev. 20:15)
• Christendom. What is it generally but land* that has drunk the rain that comes oft upon it, but, instead of bringing forth meet herbs, bears thorns and thistles? By God's word it is therefore rejected and nigh unto a curse (Luke 17:28-37; Rom. 11:21-22; 1 Cor. 10:1-15; 2 Thess. 2; 2 Tim. 3, 4; Rev. 17). Is not its end to be burned? (“Hebrews 6:9-12” by W. Kelly)
• Fruit there could not be. That supposes life. (“Hebrews 6” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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but bringing forth thorns and briars, it is found worthless and nigh to a curse, whose end is to be burned.

W. Kelly Translation

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but if bringing forth thorns and briars, [is] worthless and near a curse, whose end [is] for burning.