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Hebrews 4:6

Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:

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ἐπεὶepeiSeeingἐπείconjunction — “Seeing”G1893of time: when, after; of cause: since, because; otherwise: else.Seeingοὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.thereforeἀπολείπεταιapoleipetaiit remainethἀπολείπω (apoleipō)verb, present passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “it remaineth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG620I leave, leave behind; pass: I am reserved, remain; I desert, abandon.it remainethτινὰςtinasthat someτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “that some”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.that someεἰσελθεῖνeiseltheinto must enterεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to must enter”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.This verse uses “enter”.must enterεἰςeisthereinεἰςpreposition — “therein”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.thereinαὐτήνautēnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πρότερονproteronformerπρότερος (próteros)adjective, comparative, accusative, singular, neuter — “former”, the object formG4387former, before, formerly.This verse uses “former”.Strong’s files this form under G4386 (πρότερον).they to whom it was firstεὐαγγελισθέντεςeuangelisthentespreachedεὐαγγελίζω (euangelizō)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “preached”, a single actionG2097I bring good news, preach good tidings, with or without an object, expressing either the persons who receive the good news or the good news itself (the good news being sometimes expressed as a person).preachedοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notεἰσῆλθονeisēlthoninεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “in”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.inδι’dibecauseδιά (dia)preposition — “because”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.becauseἀπείθειανapeitheianof unbeliefἀπείθεια (apeitheia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “of unbelief”, the object formG543willful unbelief, obstinacy, disobedience.of unbelief

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

since then, it remaineth for certain to enter into it, and those who did first hear good news entered not in because of unbelief —

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American Standard Version (1901)

Seeing therefore it remaineth that some should enter thereinto, and they to whom the good tidings were before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience,

Young’s Literal Translation

since then, it remaineth for certain to enter into it, and those who did first hear good news entered not in because of unbelief —

World English Bible

Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter into it, and they to whom the good news was preached before failed to enter in because of disobedience,

Darby Translation

Seeing therefore it remains that some enter into it, and those who first received the glad tidings did not enter in on account of not hearkening to the word,

Douay-Rheims

Seeing then it remaineth that some are to enter into it, and they, to whom it was first preached, did not enter because of unbelief:

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