Hebrews 3:13:18Heb.3.13.W18TAB
ἀπάτῃ
apatê
“by deceit”
- Transliteration
- a-PA-tê
- Extended
- ah-PAH-teh
- IPA
- /aˈpa.tɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- by deceit
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
a-PA-tê
- sentence
al-LA pa-ra-ka-LEI-te he-au-TOUS kath he-KAS-tên hê-ME-ran A-khris hou to SÊ-me-ron ka-LEI-tai HI-na mê sklê-run-THÊ tis eks hy-MÔN a-PA-tê tês ha-mar-TI-as
Exegesis
The final prepositional phrase apatē tēs hamartias {ἀπάτῃ τῆς ἁμαρτίας | apátē tês hamartías} uses a dative of means with a defining genitive, ‘by the deceit of sin,’ portraying sin as an active agent that deceives and so produces the hardened condition. The English renderings preserve the central imperative, mirror the temporal and purpose subordination, and make explicit the communal nature and the causal role of sin’s deception in spiritual hardening.
Root and etymology
apataōalpha–pi–alpha–tau–alpha–omega
“to deceive, lead astray”
In context — Hebrews 3:13
But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin .
About this coordinate
Hebrews 3:13:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Hebrews 3:13, so the Greek word ἀπάτῃ (apatê) 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.3.13.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Heb.3.13.W18.S1) and character.