Greek Interlinear
Hebrews 12:16 Interlinear
Word-by-word Greek interlinear analysis of Hebrews 12:16, showing the original Greek text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“Lest there be any fornicator or profane person as Esau who for morsel of meat sold birthright ”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | μή | G3361 | Lest | (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether |
| 2 | τις | G5100 | there be any | some or any person or object |
| 3 | πόρνος | G4205 | fornicator | a (male) prostitute (as venal), i.e., (by analogy) a debauchee (libertine) |
| 4 | ἢ | G2228 | or | disjunctive, or; comparative, than |
| 5 | βέβηλος | G952 | profane person | accessible (as by crossing the door-way), i.e., (by implication, of jewish notions) heathenish, wicked |
| 6 | ὡς | G5613 | as | which how, i.e., in that manner (very variously used, as follows) |
| 7 | Ἠσαῦ | G2269 | Esau | esau, an edomite |
| 8 | ὃς | G3739 | who | the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that |
| 9 | ἀντὶ | G473 | for | opposite, i.e., instead or because of (rarely in addition to) |
| 10 | βρώσεως | G1035 | morsel of meat | (abstractly) eating (literally or figuratively); by extension (concretely) food (literally or figuratively) |
| 11 | μιᾶς | G1520 | one | |
| 12 | ἀπέδοτο | G591 | sold | to give away, i.e., up, over, back, etc. (in various applications) |
| 13 | τὰ | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 14 | πρωτοτόκια | G4415 | birthright | primogeniture (as a privilege) |
| 15 | αὐτοῦ | G846 | 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 |
Verse Context
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