King James Version
Hebrews 6:4 in the King James Version says “For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers ...” — study this verse from Hebrews chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,”
Hebrews 6:4 · KJV
Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
And this will we do, if God permit.
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“it is impossible”
G102unable, i.e., weak (literally or figuratively); passively, impossible
“For”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“enlightened”
G5461to shed rays, i.e., to shine or (transitively) to brighten up (literally or figuratively)
“have tasted”
G1089to taste; by implication, to eat; figuratively, to experience (good or ill)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“were made”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“Ghost”
G4151a current of air, i.e., breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e., (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital prin
“of the Holy”
G40sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated)
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