Greek Interlinear
Hebrews 11:4 Interlinear
“By faith a more excellent sacrifice Abel than Cain offered God by which he obtained witness that he was righteous he obtained witness of gifts his God and by his he being dead yet speaketh”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Πίστει | G4102 | By faith | persuasion, i.e., credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of god or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon christ |
| 2 | πλείονα | G4119 | a more excellent | more in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion |
| 3 | θυσίαν | G2378 | sacrifice | sacrifice (the act or the victim, literally or figuratively) |
| 4 | Ἅβελ | G6 | Abel | abel, the son of adam |
| 5 | παρὰ | G3844 | than | properly, near; i.e., (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subj |
| 6 | Κάϊν | G2535 | Cain | cain, (i.e., cajin), the son of adam |
| 7 | προσήνεγκεν | G4374 | offered | to bear towards, i.e., lead to, tender (especially to god), treat |
| 8 | τῷ | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 9 | θεοῦ | G2316 | God | a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism) |
| 10 | δι' | G1223 | by | through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional) |
| 11 | ἧς | G3739 | which | the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that |
| 12 | μαρτυροῦντος | G3140 | he obtained witness | to be a witness, i.e., testify (literally or figuratively) |
| 13 | εἶναι | G1511 | that he was | to exist |
| 14 | δίκαιος | G1342 | righteous | equitable (in character or act); by implication, innocent, holy (absolutely or relatively) |
| 15 | μαρτυροῦντος | G3140 | he obtained witness | to be a witness, i.e., testify (literally or figuratively) |
| 16 | ἐπὶ | G1909 | of | properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re |
| 17 | τοῖς | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 18 | δώροις | G1435 | gifts | a present; specially, a sacrifice |
| 19 | αὐτῆς | G846 | his | the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons |
| 20 | τοῦ | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 21 | θεοῦ | G2316 | God | a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism) |
| 22 | καὶ | G2532 | and | and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
| 23 | δι' | G1223 | by | through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional) |
| 24 | αὐτῆς | G846 | his | the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons |
| 25 | ἀποθανὼν | G599 | he being dead | to die off (literally or figuratively) |
| 26 | ἔτι | G2089 | yet | "yet," still (of time or degree) |
| 27 | λαλεῖται | G2980 | speaketh | to talk, i.e., utter words |
Verse Context
Hebrews 11:3Through faith we understand were framed that things which that the worlds by the word...
Hebrews 11:4 (current)By faith a more excellent sacrifice Abel than Cain offered God by which he obtained witness that he was righteous he obtained witness of gifts his God and by his he being dead yet speaketh
Hebrews 11:5By faith Enoch had translated not see...