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Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “he speaks” (λαλεῖ.) after still here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “he speaks himself” (λαλεῖται) after still here.

ΠίστειpisteiBy faithπίστις (pistis)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “By faith”, the to- or for-formG4102faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.This verse uses “faith”.By faithπλείοναpleionamuchπολύς (polýs)adjective, comparative, accusative, singular, feminine — “much”, the object formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.Strong’s files this form under G4119 (πλείων).a more excellentθυσίανthusiansacrificeθυσία (thusia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “sacrifice”, the object formG2378abstr. and concr: sacrifice; a sacrifice, offering.sacrificeἍβελhabelAbelἍβελnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Abel”, the subject formG6Abel, second son of Adam and Eve, brother of Cain.παρὰparathanπαράpreposition — “than”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.thanΚάϊνkainCainΚάϊνnoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Cain”, the object formG2535(Hebrew), Cain, son of Adam and Eve and brother of Abel.Cainπροσήνεγκενprosēnenkento bring toπροσφέρω (prospherō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to bring to”, a single actionG4374(a) I bring to, (b) characteristically: I offer (of gifts, sacrifices, etc).This verse uses “bring to”.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.θεῷtheōGodθεός (theos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “God”, the to- or for-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godδι’dibyδιά (dia)preposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byἧςhēswhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “which”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.ἐμαρτυρήθηemarturēthēto testifyμαρτυρέω (martureō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to testify”, a single actionG3140I witness, bear witness, give evidence, testify, give a good report.This verse uses “testify”.εἶναιeinaito existεἰμί (eimí)verb, present active infinitive — “to exist”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.Strong’s files this form under G1511 (εἶναι, exist).δίκαιοςdikaiosjustδίκαιοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “just”, the subject formG1342just; especially, just in the eyes of God; righteous; the elect (a Jewish idea).This verse uses “just”.μαρτυροῦντοςmarturountosto testifyμαρτυρέω (martureō)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “to testify”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3140I witness, bear witness, give evidence, testify, give a good report.This verse uses “testify”.ἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.τοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.δώροιςdōroisgiftδῶρον (dōron)noun, dative, plural, neuter — “gift”, the to- or for-formG1435a gift, present.αὐτοῦautouitαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “it”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.itτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouGodθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.δι’dithroughδιά (dia)preposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.αὐτῆςautēsheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἀποθανὼνapothanōnhe being deadἀποθνῄσκω (apothnēskō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he being dead”, a single actionG599I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay.he being deadἔτιetiyetἔτιadverb — “yet”G2089(a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition.This verse uses “yet”.yetλαλεῖlaleispeakethλαλέω (laleō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “speaketh”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.speaketh

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λαλεῖταιlaleitaispeakethλαλέω (laleō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “speaketh”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

by faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak.

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American Standard Version (1901)

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.

Young’s Literal Translation

by faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak.

World English Bible

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.

Darby Translation

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained testimony of being righteous, God bearing testimony to his gifts, and by it, having died, he yet speaks.

Douay-Rheims

By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice exceeding that of Cain, by which he obtained a testimony that he was just, God giving testimony to his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

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