KJV: God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
YLT: God also bearing joint-witness both with signs and wonders, and manifold powers, and distributions of the Holy Spirit, according to His will.
Darby: God bearing, besides, witness with them to it, both by signs and wonders, and various acts of power, and distributions of the Holy Spirit, according to his will?
ASV: God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will.
| συνεπιμαρτυροῦντος | bearing witness |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: συνεπιμαρτυρέω Sense: at attest together with. |
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| τοῦ | - |
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Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| Θεοῦ | God |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: θεός Sense: a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities. |
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| σημείοις | by signs |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Neuter Plural Root: σημεῖον Sense: a sign, mark, token. |
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| τε | together with [them] |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: τέ Sense: not only … but also. |
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| τέρασιν | wonders |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Neuter Plural Root: τέρας Sense: a prodigy, portent. |
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| ποικίλαις | by various |
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Parse: Adjective, Dative Feminine Plural Root: ποικίλος Sense: a various colours, variegated. |
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| δυνάμεσιν | miracles |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Plural Root: δύναμις Sense: strength power, ability. |
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| Πνεύματος | of [the] Spirit |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Neuter Singular Root: πνεῦμα Sense: a movement of air (a gentle blast. |
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| Ἁγίου | Holy |
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Parse: Adjective, Genitive Neuter Singular Root: ἅγιος Sense: most holy thing, a saint. |
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| μερισμοῖς | distributions |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Plural Root: μερισμός Sense: a division, partition. |
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| κατὰ | according to |
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Parse: Preposition Root: κατά Sense: down from, through out. |
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| αὐτοῦ | of Him |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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Greek Commentary for Hebrews 02:4
Genitive absolute with the present active participle of the late double compound verb συνεπιμαρτυρεω sunepimartureō to join Here only in N.T., but in Aristotle, Polybius, Plutarch. Both by signs Instrumental case used with all four items. See Acts 2:22 for the three words for miracles in inverse order (powers, wonders, signs). Each word adds an idea about the εργα erga (works) of Christ. Τερας Teras (wonder) attracts attention, δυναμις dunamis (power) shows God‘s power, σημειον sēmeion reveals the purpose of God in the miracles. For ποικιλαις poikilais (manifold, many-coloured) see Matthew 4:24; James 1:2. For μερισμος merismos for distribution (old word, in N.T. only here and Hebrews 4:12) see 1Cor 12:4-30. According to his own will The word τελησις thelēsis is called a vulgarism by Pollux. The writer is fond of words in -ις is f0). [source]