Hebrews 10:39:1Heb.10.39.W1TAB
ἡμεῖς
hêmeis
“we”
- Transliteration
- hê-MEIS
- Extended
- hê-MEIS
- IPA
- /hɛːˈmeis/
Meaning by language
- English
- we
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
hê-MEIS
- sentence
hê-MEIS de ouk es-MEN hy-po-sto-LES eis a-PO-lei-an al-LA PIS-te-ōs eis pe-ri-poi-Ē-sin psy-KHÊS
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase eis apōleian {εἰς ἀπώλειαν | eis a-pṓ-lei-an} “into destruction” expresses the result of such retreat.
The adversative conjunction alla introduces the affirming identity marked by pisteōs {πίστεως | pí-ste-ōs} “faith,” with eis peripoíēsis psuchēs {εἰς περιποίησιν ψυχῆς | eis pe-ri-poí-ē-sin psy-khês} “into the preservation of soul” mirroring the first eis clause in deliberate antithesis. This rhetorical parallelism underscores the choice between apostasy and persevering faith.
In context — Hebrews 10:39
But we are not of shrinking back into destruction, but of faith to the preserving of the soul .
About this coordinate
Hebrews 10:39:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Hebrews 10:39, so the Greek word ἡμεῖς (hêmeis) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Heb.10.39.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Heb.10.39.W1.S1) and character.