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Hebrews 5:12 Interlinear

and For ye ought to be teachers when for the time again need have that one teach you which principles be the first of the oracles of God and are become such as need have of milk and not of strong meat

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1καὶG2532andand, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
2γὰρG1063Forproperly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
3ὀφείλοντεςG3784ye oughtto owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty
4εἶναιG1511to beto exist
5διδάσκαλοιG1320teachersan instructor (genitive case or specially)
6διὰG1223when forthrough (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
7τὸνG3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
8χρόνονG5550the timea space of time (in general, and thus properly distinguished from g2540, which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from g0165, which denotes a
9πάλινG3825again(adverbially) anew, i.e., (of place) back, (of time) once more, or (conjunctionally) furthermore or on the other hand
10χρείανG5532needemployment, i.e., an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution
11ἔχοντεςG2192haveto hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio
12τοῦG3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
13διδάσκεινG1321that one teachto teach (in the same broad application)
14ὑμᾶςG5209youyou (as the objective of a verb or preposition)
15τινὰG5101whichan interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
16τὰG3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
17στοιχεῖαG4747principlessomething orderly in arrangement, i.e., (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively)
18τῆςG3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
19ἀρχῆςG746be the first(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank)
20τῶνG3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
21λογίωνG3051of the oraclesan utterance (of god)
22τοῦG3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
23θεοῦG2316of Goda deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
24καὶG2532andand, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
25γεγόνατεG1096are become such asto cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
26χρείανG5532needemployment, i.e., an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution
27ἔχοντεςG2192haveto hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio
28γάλακτοςG1051of milkmilk (figuratively)
29καὶG2532andand, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
30οὐG3756notthe absolute negative (compare g3361) adverb; no or not
31στερεᾶςG4731of strongstiff, i.e., solid, stable (literally or figuratively)
32τροφῆςG5160meatnourishment (literally or figuratively); by implication, rations (wages)

Verse Context

Hebrews 5:11Of whom many things we have...
Hebrews 5:12 (current)and For ye ought to be teachers when for the time again need have that one teach you which principles be the first of the oracles of God and are become such as need have of milk and not of strong meat
Hebrews 5:13every one For that useth milk is unskilful...

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