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Hebrews 11:21

By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.

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πίστειpisteiBy faithπίστις (pistis)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “By faith”, the to- or for-formG4102faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.This verse uses “faith”.By faithἸακὼβiakōbJacobἸακώβnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jacob”, the subject formG2384(Hebrew), Jacob, (a) the patriarch, son of Isaac, (b) father of Joseph, the husband of Mary.Jacobἀποθνῄσκωνapothnēskōnwhen he was a dyingἀποθνῄσκω (apothnēskō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “when he was a dying”, an ongoing or repeated actionG599I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay.when he was a dyingἕκαστονhekastonbothἕκαστος (hekastos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “both”, the object formG1538each (of more than two), every one.bothτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.υἱῶνhuiōnsonsυἱός (huios)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “sons”, the of-formG5207a son, descendent.the sonsἸωσὴφiōsēphof JosephἸωσήφnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Joseph”, the of-formG2501Joseph, a proper name.of Josephεὐλόγησενeulogēsento praiseεὐλογέω (eulogeō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to praise”, a single actionG2127(lit: I speak well of) I bless; pass: I am blessed.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπροσεκύνησενprosekunēsenworshippedπροσκυνέω (proskuneō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “worshipped”, a single actionG4352I go down on my knees to, do obeisance to, worship.worshippedἐπὶepileaning uponἐπίpreposition — “leaning upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.leaning uponτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἄκρονakrontopἄκρονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “top”, the object formG206the end, extremity.the topτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ῥάβδουrhabdoustaffῥάβδος (rhabdos)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “staff”, the of-formG4464a rod, staff, staff of authority, scepter.This verse uses “staff”.staffαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

by faith Jacob dying — each of the sons of Joseph did bless, and did bow down upon the top of his staff;

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American Standard Version (1901)

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.

Young’s Literal Translation

by faith Jacob dying — each of the sons of Joseph did bless, and did bow down upon the top of his staff;

World English Bible

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.

Darby Translation

By faith Jacob [when] dying blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshipped on the top of his staff.

Douay-Rheims

By faith Jacob dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and adored the top of his rod.

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