The Meaning of Hebrews 8:12 Explained

Hebrews 8:12

KJV: For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

YLT: because I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will remember no more;' --

Darby: Because I will be merciful to their unrighteousnesses, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will never remember any more.

ASV: For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And their sins will I remember no more.

Discover Hebrews 8:12

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Hebrews 8:12?

MEANING: What does Hebrews 8:12 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Hebrews 8:12 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Hebrews 8:12?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For  I will be  merciful  to their  unrighteousness,  and  their  sins  and  their  iniquities  will I remember  no  more. 

What does Hebrews 8:12 Mean?

Study Notes

unrighteousness, sins
Sin.
sinned
Sin, Summary: The literal meanings of the Heb. and (Greek - ἀλεκτοροφωνία sin," "sinner," etc)., disclose the true nature of sin in its manifold manifestations. Sin is transgression, an overstepping of the law, the divine boundary between good and evil Psalms 51:1 ; Luke 15:29 , iniquity, an act inherently wrong, whether expressly forbidden or not; error, a departure from right; Psalms 51:9 ; Romans 3:23 , missing the mark, a failure to meet the divine standard; trespass, the intrusion of self-will into the sphere of divine authority Ephesians 2:1 , lawlessness, or spiritual anarchy 1 Timothy 1:9 , unbelief, or an insult to the divine veracity John 16:9 .
Sin originated with Satan Isaiah 14:12-14 , entered the world through Adam Romans 5:12 , was, and is, universal, Christ alone excepted; Romans 3:23 ; 1 Peter 2:22 , incurs the penalties of spiritual and physical death; Genesis 2:17 ; Genesis 3:19 ; Ezekiel 18:4 ; Ezekiel 18:20 ; Romans 6:23 and has no remedy but in the sacrificial death of Christ; Hebrews 9:26 ; Acts 4:12 availed of by faith Acts 13:38 ; Acts 13:39 . Sin may be summarized as threefold: An act, the violation of, or want of obedience to the revealed will of God; a state, absence of righteousness; a nature, enmity toward God.
merciful (Greek - ἵλεως ). (See Scofield " Romans 3:25 ") .
unrighteousness, sins
Sin.
sinned
Sin, Summary: The literal meanings of the Heb. and (Greek - ἀλεκτοροφωνία sin," "sinner," etc)., disclose the true nature of sin in its manifold manifestations. Sin is transgression, an overstepping of the law, the divine boundary between good and evil Psalms 51:1 ; Luke 15:29 , iniquity, an act inherently wrong, whether expressly forbidden or not; error, a departure from right; Psalms 51:9 ; Romans 3:23 , missing the mark, a failure to meet the divine standard; trespass, the intrusion of self-will into the sphere of divine authority Ephesians 2:1 , lawlessness, or spiritual anarchy 1 Timothy 1:9 , unbelief, or an insult to the divine veracity John 16:9 .
Sin originated with Satan Isaiah 14:12-14 , entered the world through Adam Romans 5:12 , was, and is, universal, Christ alone excepted; Romans 3:23 ; 1 Peter 2:22 , incurs the penalties of spiritual and physical death; Genesis 2:17 ; Genesis 3:19 ; Ezekiel 18:4 ; Ezekiel 18:20 ; Romans 6:23 and has no remedy but in the sacrificial death of Christ; Hebrews 9:26 ; Acts 4:12 availed of by faith Acts 13:38 ; Acts 13:39 . Sin may be summarized as threefold: An act, the violation of, or want of obedience to the revealed will of God; a state, absence of righteousness; a nature, enmity toward God.

Context Summary

Hebrews 8:1-13 - The Mediator Of The New Covenant
Such a High Priest, Hebrews 8:1-6. He sits because His work is finished so far as His sacrifice is concerned. His place is at God's right hand-the seat of power. By faith we, too, may serve in the inner sanctuary of the spirit. Before you start building, and while engaged in building, your life-work, see that your eyes are fixed on the divine ideal and pattern.
Such a new covenant, Hebrews 8:7-13. It is as superior to the former as Christ's priesthood is to Aaron's. A covenant is a promise, made on conditions to be fulfilled, and attested by an outward sign, like the rainbow, or circumcision, or the Lord's Supper. The covenant under which we live is between God and Christ on behalf of those who belong to Him. We have a perfect right to put our hand on every one of these eight provisions, and claim that each be made good to us. We need not ask that God should do as he has said, but with lowly reverence expect that He will-especially when we drink of the cup of the New Covenant at the Lord's table. [source]

Chapter Summary: Hebrews 8

1  By the eternal priesthood of Christ the Levitical priesthood of Aaron is overshadowed;
7  and replaced by the new covenant of the Gospel

Greek Commentary for Hebrews 8:12

Merciful [ιλεως]
Old Attic adjective for ιλαος — hilaos common in the lxx, only here in N.T., from which ιλασκομαι — hilaskomai comes (Luke 18:13). Will I remember no more Double negative ου μη — ou mē with first aorist passive subjunctive (volitive) of μιμνησκω — mimnēskō to recall. [source]
Merciful [ἵλεως]
Only here and Matthew 16:22, see note. [source]
Unrighteousness [ἀδικίαις]
Unrighteousnesses. The only occurrence of the word in the plural. For ἀδικία see on 2 Peter 2:13. [source]
Their sins and their iniquities [τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν]
Omit and their iniquities. For ἁμαρτία sinsee on Matthew 1:21; and for both ἀδικία and ἁμαρτία , see on 1 John 1:9. Comp. 1 John 5:17. [source]
Will I remember no more [οὐ μὴ μνησθῷ ἔτι]
Lit. I will by no means remember any more. [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Hebrews 8:12

Hebrews 10:17  []
Here again the writer adds “their iniquities” ( των ανομιων — tōn anomiōn ) to “sins” of Hebrews 8:12 and reads μνηστησομαι — mnēsthēsomai (first future passive) with ου μη — ou mē rather than μνηστω — mnēsthō (first aorist passive subjunctive) of Hebrews 8:12 (the more common idiom). It is uncertain also whether the writer means Hebrews 10:17 to be the principal clause with Hebrews 10:15 , Hebrews 10:16 as subordinate or the whole quotation to be subordinate to μετα το ειρηκεναι — meta to eirēkenai of Hebrews 10:15 with anacoluthon in Hebrews 10:18 . At any rate Hebrews 10:17 in the quotation does not follow immediately after Hebrews 10:16 as one can see in Hebrews 8:10-12 (skipping part of Hebrews 8:10 and all of Hebrews 8:11 ). [source]

What do the individual words in Hebrews 8:12 mean?

because merciful I will be toward the iniquities of them and the sins no not I shall remember more
ὅτι ἵλεως ἔσομαι ταῖς ἀδικίαις αὐτῶν καὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν οὐ μὴ μνησθῶ ἔτι

ὅτι  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: ὅτι  
Sense: that, because, since.
ἵλεως  merciful 
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: ἵλεως  
Sense: propitious, merciful.
ἔσομαι  I  will  be 
Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Middle, 1st Person Singular
Root: εἰμί  
Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present.
ταῖς  toward  the 
Parse: Article, Dative Feminine Plural
Root: ὁ  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ἀδικίαις  iniquities 
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Plural
Root: ἀδικία  
Sense: injustice, of a judge.
αὐτῶν  of  them 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
ἁμαρτιῶν  sins 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Plural
Root: ἁμαρτία  
Sense: equivalent to 264.
οὐ  no 
Parse: Adverb
Root: οὐ  
Sense: no, not; in direct questions expecting an affirmative answer.
μνησθῶ  I  shall  remember 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Subjunctive Passive, 1st Person Singular
Root: μιμνῄσκομαι  
Sense: to remind.
ἔτι  more 
Parse: Adverb
Root: ἔτι  
Sense: yet, still.

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