King James Version

Hebrews 13:14

For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

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οὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.noγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἔχομενechomento haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.ὧδεhōdehereὧδεadverb — “here”G5602here, the things here, what is here, what is going on here, the state of affairs here.μένουσανmenousancontinuingμένω (menō)verb, present active participle, accusative, singular, feminine — “continuing”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3306I remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await.continuingπόλινpolincityπόλις (polis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “city”, the object formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.cityἀλλὰallabutἀλλάconjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.butτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μέλλουσανmellousanto comeμέλλω (mellō)verb, present active participle, accusative, singular, feminine — “to come”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.to comeἐπιζητοῦμενepizētoumento seek afterἐπιζητέω (epizēteō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “to seek after”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1934I seek after, desire, search for, make inquiries about.This verse uses “seek after”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for we have not here an abiding city, but the coming one we seek;

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American Standard Version (1901)

For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come.

Young’s Literal Translation

for we have not here an abiding city, but the coming one we seek;

World English Bible

For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.

Darby Translation

for we have not here an abiding city, but we seek the coming one.

Douay-Rheims

For we have not here a lasting city, but we seek one that is to come.

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