King James Version

Hebrews 8:11

And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “comrade” (πολίτην) before him here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “neighbour” (πλησίον) before him here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of them” (αὐτῶν·) after greatest here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andοὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.διδάξωσινdidaxōsinthey shallδιδάσκω (didaskō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “they shall”, a single actionG1321I teach, direct, admonish.they shallἕκαστοςhekastosevery manἕκαστοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “every man”, the subject formG1538each (of more than two), every one.every manτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πολίτηνpolitēnneighbourπολίτης (politēs)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “neighbour”, the object formG4177a citizen, fellow-citizen.neighbourαὐτοῦautouhisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “his”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.hisκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἕκαστοςhekastoseachἕκαστοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “each”, the subject formG1538each (of more than two), every one.This verse uses “each”.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀδελφὸνadelphonbrotherἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “brother”, the object formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.brotherαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.λέγωνlegōnsayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “saying”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.sayingΓνῶθιgnōthiKnowγινώσκω (ginōskō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “Know”, a single actionG1097I am taking in knowledge, come to know, learn; aor: I ascertained, realized.Knowτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κύριονkurionLordκύριος (kurios)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the object formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.the Lordὅτιhotiforὅτιconjunction — “for”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.forπάντεςpantesallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allεἰδήσουσίνeidēsousinshall knowοἶδα (oida)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person plural — “shall know”, an action still aheadG1492I know, remember, appreciate.This verse uses “know”.shall knowμεmeIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromμικροῦmikrouleastμικρός (mikros)adjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “least”, the of-formG3398little, small.the leastἕωςheōstoἕωςpreposition — “to”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.toμεγάλουmegalougreatestμέγας (megas)adjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “greatest”, the of-formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.the greatestαὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

πλησίονplēsionneighbourπλησίονnoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “neighbour”, the object formG4139near, nearby, a neighbor.αὐτῶνautōnhisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “his”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and they shall not teach each his neighbour, and each his brother, saying, Know thou the Lord, because they shall all know Me from the small one of them unto the great one of them,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they shall not teach every man his fellow-citizen, And every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: For all shall know me, From the least to the greatest of them.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they shall not teach each his neighbour, and each his brother, saying, Know thou the Lord, because they shall all know Me from the small one of them unto the great one of them,

World English Bible

They will not teach every man his fellow citizen and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all will know me, from their least to their greatest.

Darby Translation

And they shall not teach each his fellow-citizen, and each his brother, saying, Know the Lord; because all shall know me in themselves, from [the] little one [among them] unto [the] great among them.

Douay-Rheims

And they shall not teach every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me from the least to the greatest of them:

Alludes to

Jeremiah 31:34 Jeremiah 31:34 · King James VersionAnd they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.Jeremiah 31:34 · King James VersionOpen the Source
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

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