Hebrews

Hebrews 12:16

¹⁶See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
that	μή	mē	Adverb	G3361 not, lest
sexually immoral	πόρνος	pornos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G4205 a fornicator
or	ἢ	ē	Conjunction	G2228 or, than
is godless	βέβηλος	bebēlos	Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular	G952 profane, secular, unspiritual, godless, worldly
like	ὡς	hōs	Adverb	G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that
Esau	Ἠσαῦ	Ēsau	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2269 Esau
who	ὃς	hos	Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3739 who, which, what, that
for	ἀντὶ	anti	Preposition	G473 instead of, for
a single	μιᾶς	mias	Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular	G1520 one
meal	βρώσεως	brōseōs	Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular	G1035 eating, food, a meal, rust
sold	ἀπέδετο	apedeto	Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular	G591 I give back, return, sell
his	ἑαυτοῦ	heautou	Reflexive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular	G1438 himself, herself, itself
birthright	πρωτοτόκια	prōtotokia	Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural	G4415 the birthright

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.