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Hebrews 10:28

He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

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ἀθετήσαςathetēsasthat despisedἀθετέω (atheteō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “that despised”, a single actionG114I annul, make of no effect, set aside, ignore, slight; I break faith with.that despisedτιςtisoneτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.νόμονnomonlawνόμος (nomos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “law”, the object formG3551usage, custom, law; in NT: of law in general, plur: of divine laws; of a force or influence impelling to action; of the Mosaic law; meton: of the books which contain the law, the Pentateuch, the Old Testament scriptures in general.lawΜωϋσέωςmōuseōsMosesΜωϋσῆς (mōusēs)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Moses”, the of-formG3475Moses; met: the books of Moses, the Pentateuch.χωρὶςchōriswithoutχωρίςpreposition — “without”G5565apart from, separately from; without.This verse uses “without”.withoutοἰκτιρμῶνoiktirmōnmercyοἰκτιρμός (oiktirmos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “mercy”, the of-formG3628pity, compassion, favor, grace, mercy.mercyἐπὶepiunderἐπίpreposition — “under”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.underδυσὶνdusintwoδύο (duo)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “two”, the to- or for-formG1417two.twoἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.orτρισὶνtrisinthreeτρεῖς (treis)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “three”, the to- or for-formG5140three.threeμάρτυσινmartusinwitnessesμάρτυς (martus)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “witnesses”, the to- or for-formG3144a witness; an eye- or ear-witness.witnessesἀποθνῄσκειapothnēskeito dieἀποθνῄσκω (apothnēskō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to die”, an ongoing or repeated actionG599I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

any one who did set at nought a law of Moses, apart from mercies, by two or three witnesses, doth die,

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American Standard Version (1901)

A man that hath set at nought Moses’ law dieth without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses:

Young’s Literal Translation

any one who did set at nought a law of Moses, apart from mercies, by two or three witnesses, doth die,

World English Bible

A man who disregards Moses’ law dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses.

Darby Translation

Any one that has disregarded Moses' law dies without mercy on [the testimony of] two or three witnesses:

Douay-Rheims

A man making void the law of Moses, dieth without any mercy under two or three witnesses:

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