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Hebrews 4:1

Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

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ΦοβηθῶμενphobēthōmenLet usφοβέομαι (phobeomai)verb, aorist passive subjunctive, 1st person plural — “Let us”, a single actionG5399I fear, dread, reverence, am afraid, terrified.Let usοὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.thereforeμήποτεmēpotelest + πότε=whenμήποτεconjunction — “lest + πότε=when”G3379Strong’s files this form under G4218 (ποτέ).lestκαταλειπομένηςkataleipomenēsbeing leftκαταλείπω (kataleipō)verb, present passive participle, genitive, singular, feminine — “being left”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2641I leave behind, desert, abandon, forsake; I leave remaining, reserve.being leftἐπαγγελίαςepangeliaspromiseἐπαγγελία (epangelia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “promise”, the of-formG1860a promise.εἰσελθεῖνeiseltheinto us of enteringεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to us of entering”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.us of enteringεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κατάπαυσινkatapausinrestκατάπαυσις (katapausis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “rest”, the object formG2663(in the Old Testament of the rest attained by the settlement in Canaan), resting, rest, dwelling, habitation.This verse uses “rest”.restαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.δοκῇdokēshould seemδοκέω (dokeō)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “should seem”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1380I think, seem, appear, it seems.This verse uses “seem”.should seemτιςtisoneτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.ἐξexout fromἐκ (ek)preposition — “out from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.ὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.ὑστερηκέναιhusterēkenaito come short of itὑστερέω (hustereō)verb, perfect active infinitive — “to come short of it”, a completed action with a present resultG5302I fall behind, am lacking, fall short, suffer need, am inferior to.to come short of it

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.

Young’s Literal Translation

We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short,

World English Bible

Let’s fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.

Darby Translation

Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you might seem to have failed [of it].

Douay-Rheims

Let us fear therefore lest the promise being left of entering into his rest, any of you should be thought to be wanting.

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