Hebrews

Hebrews 12:12–13

¹²Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.^d ¹³Make straight paths for your feet,^e so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.

Footnotes

d 12:12 Isaiah 35:3|ISA 35:3
e 12:13 Proverbs 4:26|PRO 4:26(see also LXX)

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Hebrews 12:12

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Therefore	Διὸ	Dio	Conjunction	G1352 wherefore
strengthen	ἀνορθώσατε	anorthōsate	Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G461 I make straight again, rear again, restore
limp	παρειμένας	pareimenas	Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Feminine Plural	G3935 I neglect, omit, slacken
hands	χεῖρας	cheiras	Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural	G5495 a hand
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
weak	παραλελυμένα	paralelymena	Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Plural	G3886 I relax, enfeeble
knees	γόνατα	gonata	Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural	G1119 a knee

Hebrews 12:13

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Make	ποιεῖτε	poieite	Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G4160 I do, make
straight	ὀρθὰς	orthas	Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural	G3717 upright, straight
paths	τροχιὰς	trochias	Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural	G5163 the track of a wheel, a path
for	τοῖς	tois	Article - Dative Masculine Plural	G3588 the
your	ὑμῶν	hymōn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural	G4771 you
feet	ποσὶν	posin	Noun - Dative Masculine Plural	G4228 the foot
so that	ἵνα	hina	Conjunction	G2443 in order that, so that
the	τὸ	to	Article - Nominative Neuter Singular	G3588 the
lame	χωλὸν	chōlon	Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular	G5560 lame, deprived of a foot
not	μὴ	mē	Adverb	G3361 not, lest
be disabled	ἐκτραπῇ	ektrapē	Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G1624 I turn aside, wander, forsake
but	δὲ	de	Conjunction	G1161 but, on the other hand, and
rather	μᾶλλον	mallon	Adverb	G3123 more, rather
healed	ἰαθῇ	iathē	Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G2390 I heal

Cross-references

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Hebrews 12:12 Isaiah 35:3 · Hebrews 12:3 · Job 4:3–4 · 1 Thessalonians 5:14 · Ezekiel 21:7 · Ezekiel 7:17 · Hebrews 12:5 · Daniel 5:6 · Nahum 2:10

Hebrews 12:13 Proverbs 4:26–27 · Galatians 6:1 · Isaiah 35:3 · Isaiah 35:6 · Isaiah 40:3–4 · Jude 1:22–23 · James 5:16 · Luke 3:5 · Jeremiah 31:8–9 · Isaiah 42:16 · Isaiah 35:8–10 · Jeremiah 18:15

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.