King James Version

Hebrews 11:34

Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “be empowered” (ἐδυναμώθησαν) before out of here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “be strengthened” (ἐνεδυναμώθησαν) before out of here.

ἔσβεσανesbesanQuenchedσβέννυμι (sbennumi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “Quenched”, a single actionG4570(a) I extinguish, quench, (b) I suppress, thwart.Quenchedδύναμινdunaminviolenceδύναμις (dunamis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “violence”, the object formG1411(a) physical power, force, might, ability, efficacy, energy, meaning (b) plur: powerful deeds, deeds showing (physical) power, marvelous works.the violenceπυρόςpurosof fireπῦρ (pur)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of fire”, the of-formG4442fire; the heat of the sun, lightning; fig: strife, trials; the eternal fire.This verse uses “fire”.of fireἔφυγονephugonescapedφεύγω (pheugō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “escaped”, a single actionG5343I flee, escape, shun.escapedστόματαstomataedgeστόμα (stoma)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “edge”, the object formG4750the mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword.the edgeμαχαίρηςmachairēsof the swordμάχαιρα (machaira)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the sword”, the of-formG3162a sword.of the swordἐδυναμώθησανedunamōthēsanwere made strongδυναμόω (dunamoō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “were made strong”, a single actionG1412I empower, fill with power, strengthen.were made strongἀπὸapoaway fromἀπόpreposition — “away from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.ἀσθενείαςastheneiasweaknessἀσθένεια (astheneia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “weakness”, the of-formG769want of strength, weakness, illness, suffering, calamity, frailty.This verse uses “weakness”.ἐγενήθησανegenēthēsanwaxedγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “waxed”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.waxedἰσχυροὶischuroivaliantἰσχυρός (ischuros)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “valiant”, the subject formG2478strong (originally and generally of physical strength); mighty, powerful, vehement, sure.valiantἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inπολέμῳpolemōfightπόλεμος (polemos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “fight”, the to- or for-formG4171a war, battle, strife.fightπαρεμβολὰςparembolasarmiesπαρεμβολή (parembolē)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “armies”, the object formG3925a camp, fort, castle, barracks, army in battle array.the armiesἔκλινανeklinanto bowκλίνω (klinō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to bow”, a single actionG2827trans: I rest, recline; I bend, incline; I cause to give ground, make to yield; intrans: I decline, approach my end.ἀλλοτρίωνallotriōnof the aliensἀλλότριος (allotrios)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “of the aliens”, the of-formG245belonging to another person, belonging to others, foreign, strange.of the aliens

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ἐνεδυναμώθησανenedunamōthēsanwere made strongἐνδυναμόω (endunamoō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “were made strong”, a single actionG1743I fill with power, strengthen, make strong.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

quenched the power of fire, escaped the mouth of the sword, were made powerful out of infirmities, became strong in battle, caused to give way camps of the aliens.

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American Standard Version (1901)

quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, waxed mighty in war, turned to flight armies of aliens.

Young’s Literal Translation

quenched the power of fire, escaped the mouth of the sword, were made powerful out of infirmities, became strong in battle, caused to give way camps of the aliens.

World English Bible

quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to flee.

Darby Translation

quenched [the] power of fire, escaped [the] edge of the sword, became strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, made [the] armies of strangers give way.

Douay-Rheims

Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, recovered strength from weakness, became valiant in battle, put to flight the armies of foreigners:

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