These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “having been persuaded” (πεισθέντες) before and here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “and” (καὶ) before sojourners here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
Κατὰkatainκατάpreposition — “in”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.inπίστινpistinfaithπίστις (pistis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “faith”, the object formG4102faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.This verse uses “faith”.faithἀπέθανονapethanonto dieἀποθνῄσκω (apothnēskō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to die”, a single actionG599I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay.οὗτοιhoutoithisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.πάντεςpantesallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notλαβόντεςlabonteshaving receivedλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “having received”, a single actionG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.having receivedτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐπαγγελίαςepangeliaspromisesἐπαγγελία (epangelia)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “promises”, the object formG1860a promise.the promisesἀλλὰallabutἀλλάconjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.butπόρρωθενporrōthenafar offπόρρωθενadverb — “afar off”G4207from afar, far off, from a distance.This verse uses “far off”.afar offαὐτὰςautasheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, feminine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἰδόντεςidontesseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀσπασάμενοιaspasamenoiembracedἀσπάζομαι (aspazomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “embraced”, a single actionG782I greet, salute, pay my respects to, welcome.embracedκαὶkaithem, andκαίconjunction — “them, and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.them, andὁμολογήσαντεςhomologēsantesconfessedὁμολογέω (homologeō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “confessed”, a single actionG3670(a) I promise, agree, (b) I confess, (c) I publicly declare, (d) a Hebraism, I praise, celebrate.confessedὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatξένοιxenoistrangersξένος (xenos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “strangers”, the subject formG3581alien, new, novel; noun: a guest, stranger, foreigner.strangersκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπαρεπίδημοίparepidēmoipilgrimsπαρεπίδημος (parepidēmos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “pilgrims”, the subject formG3927residing in a strange country; subst: a stranger, sojourner.pilgrimsεἰσινeisinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἐπὶepionἐπίpreposition — “on”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.onτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γῆςgēsearthγῆ (gē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “earth”, the of-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.the earth
In faith died all these, not having received the promises, but from afar having seen them, and having been persuaded, and having saluted [them], and having confessed that strangers and sojourners they are upon the earth,
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American Standard Version (1901)
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Young’s Literal Translation
In faith died all these, not having received the promises, but from afar having seen them, and having been persuaded, and having saluted [them], and having confessed that strangers and sojourners they are upon the earth,
World English Bible
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Darby Translation
All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar off and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
Douay-Rheims
All these died according to faith, not having received the promises, but beholding them afar off, and saluting them, and confessing that they are pilgrims and strangers on the earth.
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