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Hebrews 11:28

Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

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πίστειpisteiThrough faithπίστις (pistis)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “Through faith”, the to- or for-formG4102faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.This verse uses “faith”.Through faithπεποίηκενpepoiēkenhe keptποιέω (poieō)verb, perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he kept”, a completed action with a present resultG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.he keptτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πάσχαpaschapassoverπάσχαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “passover”, the object formG3957the feast of Passover, the Passover lamb.the passoverκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πρόσχυσινproschusinsprinklingπρόσχυσις (proschusis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “sprinkling”, the object formG4378a pouring upon, an effusion, a sprinkling.the sprinklingτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.αἵματοςhaimatosof bloodαἷμα (haima)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of blood”, the of-formG129blood (especially as shed).of bloodἵναhinalestἵναconjunction — “lest”G2443in order that, so that.lestμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ὀλοθρεύωνolothreuōnhe that destroyedὀλοθρεύω (olothreuō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he that destroyed”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3645I destroy, cause to perish.he that destroyedτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πρωτότοκαprōtotokafirstbornπρωτότοκος (prōtotokos)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “firstborn”, the object formG4416first-born, eldest.the firstbornθίγῃthigēshould touchθιγγάνω (thinganō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “should touch”, a single actionG2345I touch, handle, injure, harm.This verse uses “touch”.should touchαὐτῶνautōnthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.them

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

by faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that He who is destroying the first-born might not touch them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

By faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.

Young’s Literal Translation

by faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that He who is destroying the first-born might not touch them.

World English Bible

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.

Darby Translation

By faith he celebrated the passover and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.

Douay-Rheims

By faith he celebrated the pasch, and the shedding of the blood; that he, who destroyed the firstborn, might not touch them.

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