King James Version

Hebrews 11:8

By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τὸν) before place 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 faithκαλούμενοςkaloumenoswhen he was calledκαλέω (kaleō)verb, present passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “when he was called”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2564(a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name.when he was calledἈβραὰμabraamAbrahamἈβραάμnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Abraham”, the subject formG11Abraham, progenitor of the Hebrew race.ὑπήκουσενhupēkousenobeyedὑπακούω (hupakouō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “obeyed”, a single actionG5219I listen, hearken to, obey, answer.obeyedἐξελθεῖνexeltheinto he went outἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to he went out”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.he went outεἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.τόπονtoponplaceτόπος (topos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “place”, the object formG5117a place, region, seat; an opportunity.ὃνhonwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.ἤμελλενēmellento ensueμέλλω (mellō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to ensue”, an ongoing action in the pastG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.λαμβάνεινlambaneinto takeλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, present active infinitive — “to take”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.This verse uses “take”.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.κληρονομίανklēronomianinheritanceκληρονομία (klēronomia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “inheritance”, the object formG2817an inheritance, an heritage, regularly the gift of God to His chosen people, in the Old Testament: the Promised Land, in NT a possession viewed in one sense as present, in another as future; a share, participation.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἐξῆλθενexēlthento go outἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to go out”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.This verse uses “go out”.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notἐπιστάμενοςepistamenosknowingἐπίσταμαι (epistamai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “knowing”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1987I know, know of, understand.knowingποῦpouwhitherποῦadverb — “whither”G4226where, in what place.This verse uses “whither”.whitherἔρχεταιerchetaihe wentἔρχομαι (erchomai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “he went”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2064I come, go.he went

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τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;

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American Standard Version (1901)

By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

Young’s Literal Translation

By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;

World English Bible

By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.

Darby Translation

By faith Abraham, being called, obeyed to go out into the place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out, not knowing where he was going.

Douay-Rheims

By faith he that is called Abraham, obeyed to go out into a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

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