Hebrews 10:39:5Heb.10.39.W5TAB
ὑποστολῆς
hypostoles
“of shrinking back”
- Transliteration
- hy-po-sto-LES
- Extended
- hy-po-stoh-LÊS
- IPA
- /hy.po.stoˈlɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- of shrinking back
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Alphabet Analysis
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
hy-po-sto-LES
- 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 negation ouk {οὐκ | ouk} precedes the verb esmen {ἐσμὲν | es-mèn} “we are,” denying membership in the class defined by hypostolēs {ὑποστολῆς | hypo-stolḗs} “shrinking back.”
Root and etymology
hypostellōhypo-stél-lō
“to draw back, shrink”
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 10:39:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Hebrews 10:39, so the Greek word ὑποστολῆς (hypostoles) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Heb.10.39.W5.S1) and character.