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Hebrews 12:16

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← Hebrews 12:15	Hebrews 12:16 (KJV)	Hebrews 12:17 →
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby many be defiled;	Lest there [be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.	For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Lest^G3361 there be any^G5100 fornicator^G4205, or^G2228 profane person^G952, as Esau^G2269, who^G3739 for^G473 one^G3391 morsel of meat^G1035 sold^G591 his^G846 birthright^G4415.

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Original Greek

μή τις πόρνος ἢ βέβηλος, ὡς Ἠσαῦ, ὃς ἀντὶ βρώσεως μιᾶς ἀπέδοτο τὰ πρωτοτόκια αὐτοῦ

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
μή	mē	G3361	PRT-N	Lest
τις	tis	G5100	X-NSM	there [be] any
πόρνος	pornos	G4205	N-NSM	fornicator
ἢ	ē	G2228	PRT	or
βέβηλος,	bebēlos	G952	A-NSM	profane person
ὡς	hōs	G5613	ADV	as
Ἠσαῦ,	Ēsau	G2269	N-PRI	Esau
ὃς	hos	G3739	R-NSM	who
ἀντὶ	anti	G473	PREP	for
βρώσεως	brōseōs	G1035	N-GSF	morsel of meat
μιᾶς	mias	G3391	A-GSF	one
ἀπέδοτο	apedoto	G591	V-2AMI-3S	sold
τὰ	ta	G3588	T-APN	*
πρωτοτόκια	prōtotokia	G4415	N-APN-S	birthright
αὐτοῦ	autou	G846	P-GSM	his

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G473 — ἀντί (antí, an-tee'): instead of, for — a primary particle; opposite, i.e. instead or because of (rarely in addition to):--for, in the room of. Often used in composition to denote contrast, requital, substitution, correspondence, etc.
• G591 — ἀποδίδωμι (apodídōmi, ap-od-eed'-o-mee): I give back, return, sell — from ἀπό and δίδωμι; to give away, i.e. up, over, back, etc. (in various applications):--deliver (again), give (again), (re-)pay(-ment be made), perform, recompense, render, requite, restore, reward, sell, yield.
• G846 — αὐτός (autós, ow-tos'): he, she, it, they, them, same — from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of ἀήρ through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative ἑαυτοῦ) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare αὑτοῦ.
• G952 — βέβηλος (bébēlos, beb'-ay-los): profane, secular, unspiritual, godless, worldly — from the base of βάσις and (a threshold); accessible (as by crossing the door-way), i.e. (by implication, of Jewish notions) heathenish, wicked:--profane (person).
• G1035 — βρῶσις (brōsis, bro'-sis): eating, food, a meal, rust — from the base of βιβρώσκω; (abstractly) eating (literally or figuratively); by extension (concretely) food (literally or figuratively):--eating, food, meat.
• G2228 — ἤ (ḗ, ay): or, than — a primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than:--and, but (either), (n-)either, except it be, (n-)or (else), rather, save, than, that, what, yea. Often used in connection with other particles. Compare especially ἤδη, ἤπερ, ἤτοι.
• G2269 — Ἠσαῦ (Ēsaû, ay-sow'): Esau — of Hebrew origin (עֵשָׂו); Esau, an Edomite:--Esau.
• G3361 — μή (mḗ, may): not, lest — a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas οὐ expresses an absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas οὐ expects an affirmative one)) whether:--any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also ἐὰν μή, ἵνα μή, οὐ μή, μῆκος, μηκύνω, μήν, μὴ οὐκ.
• G3391 — μία (mía, mee'-ah): irregular feminine of εἷς; one or first:--a (certain), + agree, first, one, X other.
• G3739 — ὅς (hós, hos): who, which, what, that — probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article ὁ); the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that:--one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also οὗ.
• G4205 — πόρνος (pórnos, por'-nos): a fornicator — from (to sell; akin to the base of πιπράσκω); a (male) prostitute (as venal), i.e. (by analogy) a debauchee (libertine):--fornicator, whoremonger.
• G4415 — πρωτοτόκια (prōtotókia, pro-tot-ok'-ee-ah): the birthright — from πρωτότοκος; primogeniture (as a privilege):--birthright.
• G5100 — τὶς (tìs, tis): any one, some one — an enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object:--a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
• G5613 — ὡς (hōs, hoce): as, like as, how, while, so that — probably adverb of comparative from ὅς; which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows):--about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• any fornicator — Mark 7:21, Acts 15:20, Acts 15:29, 1 Corinthians 5:1-6, 1 Corinthians 5:9-11, 1 Corinthians 6:15-20, 1 Corinthians 10:8, 2 Corinthians 12:21, Galatians 5:19-21, Ephesians 5:3, Ephesians 5:5, Colossians 3:5, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-7, Hebrews 13:4, Revelation 2:20-23, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 22:15
• as Esau — Genesis 25:31-34, Genesis 27:36

Reciprocal references (24): Genesis 25:33, Genesis 25:34, Genesis 26:34, Leviticus 13:46, Numbers 5:3, Numbers 14:31, Deuteronomy 21:16, Joshua 7:1, Psalms 106:24, Psalms 139:24, Proverbs 5:4, Ecclesiastes 9:18, Jeremiah 17:21, Jeremiah 31:1, Matthew 4:3, Matthew 25:11, Mark 4:15, Luke 14:18, John 6:27, 1 Corinthians 6:9, 1 Corinthians 6:12, 2 Corinthians 7:11, 2 Thessalonians 3:6, 1 Timothy 1:9

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: CONCEALMENT-EXPOSURE, ESAU, HOME, INNOCENCE-GUILT
• Torrey’s: GLUTTONY
• Nave’s: BIRTHRIGHT, ESAU, FIRSTBORN, GLUTTONY, JACOB, REPENTANCE, REPROBACY, WORLDLINESS

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