KJV: He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
YLT: any one who did set at nought a law of Moses, apart from mercies, by two or three witnesses, doth die,
Darby: Any one that has disregarded Moses' law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses:
ASV: A man that hath set at nought Moses law dieth without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses:
ἀθετήσας | Having set aside |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἀθετέω Sense: to do away with, to set aside, disregard. |
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τις | anyone |
Parse: Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: τὶς Sense: a certain, a certain one. |
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νόμον | [the] law |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: νόμος Sense: anything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command. |
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Μωϋσέως | of Moses |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: Μωσεύς Sense: the legislator of the Jewish people and in a certain sense the founder of the Jewish religion. |
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χωρὶς | without |
Parse: Preposition Root: χωρίς Sense: separate, apart. |
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οἰκτιρμῶν | mercies |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: οἰκτιρμός Sense: compassion, pity, mercy. |
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ἐπὶ | on the basis of |
Parse: Preposition Root: ἐπί Sense: upon, on, at, by, before. |
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δυσὶν | two |
Parse: Adjective, Dative Masculine Plural Root: δύο Sense: the two, the twain. |
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τρισὶν | three |
Parse: Adjective, Dative Masculine Plural Root: τρεῖς Sense: three. |
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μάρτυσιν | witnesses |
Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Plural Root: μάρτυς Sense: a witness. |
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ἀποθνήσκει | he dies |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἀποθνῄσκω Sense: to die. |
Greek Commentary for Hebrews 10:28
First aorist active participle of ατετεω atheteō late compound, very common in lxx, from alpha privative and τιτημι tithēmi to render null and void, to set aside, only here in Hebrews (see Mark 7:9), but note ατετησις athetēsis (Hebrews 7:18; Hebrews 9:26). Without mercy See 2 Corinthians 1:3. This was the law (Deuteronomy 17:6) for apostates. On the word of two or three “On the basis of two or three.” For this use of επι epi with the locative see Hebrews 9:17. [source]
Lit. one that despised; any transgressor. The verb only here in Hebrews. The kindred noun ἀθέτησις only in Hebrews. See Hebrews 7:18; Hebrews 9:26. [source]
Lit. dieth. According to the ordinance as it now stands in the law. [source]
The phrase N.T.oFor the noun see on 2 Corinthians 1:3. [source]
As in lxx, Deuteronomy 17:6. Ἐπὶ with dative signifying on condition of two or three witnesses testifying. Comp. 1 Timothy 5:17, where the same phrase occurs with the genitive, before, in the presence of. Comp. also Deuteronomy 19:15. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Hebrews 10:28
Peculiar to Mark. Lit., their testimonies were not equal. Hence the difficulty of fulfilling the requirement of the law, which demanded two witnesses. See Deuteronomy 17:6; and compare Matthew 18:16; 1 Timothy 5:19; Hebrews 10:28. [source]
Better, the righteous. Quoted from Habakkuk 2:4, and appears in Romans 1:17, and Hebrews 10:28. The lxx has μοῦ myeither after δίκαιος , “my righteous one shall live, etc.,” or after πίστεως , “by my faith or faithfulness.” [source]
Ἁθετεῖν is to set aside, do away with, reject or slight. See Mark 6:26; Luke 10:16; Hebrews 10:28. Often in lxx. Πίστιν is pledge: so frequently in Class. with give and receive. See, for instance, Plato, Phaedr. 256 D. In lxx, Galatians href="/desk/?q=ga+3:15&sr=1">Galatians 3:15, διαθήκην ἀθετεῖν torender a covenant void. In lxx with oath, 2 Chronicles 36:13. Psalm 14:4: “He that sweareth to his neighbor καὶ οὐκ ἀθετῶν. ” Psalm 88:34; 131:11; 1 Maccabees 6:62. The meaning here is, having broken their first pledge; and this may refer to a pledge to devote themselves, after they became widows, to the service of Christ and the church. The whole matter is obscure. [source]
Ἔνδικος justonly here and Romans 3:8. olxx, quite frequent in Class., but mainly in poetry. The meaning is substantially the same as δίκαιος as it appears in the familiar phrase δίκαιός εἰμι with the infinitive: thus, δίκαιός εἰμι κολάζειν Iam right to punish, that is, I have a right, etc., right or justice being regarded as working within a definite circle. Μισθαποδοσία recompenseonly in Hebrews. Comp. Hebrews 10:35; Hebrews 11:26. olxx, oClass., where the word is, μισθοδοσία . From μισθός wagesand ἀποδιδόναι topay off or discharge. The reference is, primarily, to the punishments suffered by the Israelites in the wilderness. Comp. Hebrews 3:16; Hebrews 10:28; 1 Corinthians 10:5, 1 Corinthians 10:6. [source]