KJV: For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
YLT: for yet a very very little, He who is coming will come, and will not tarry;
Darby: For yet a very little while he that comes will come, and will not delay.
ASV: For yet a very little while, He that cometh shall come, and shall not tarry.
ἔτι | Yet |
Parse: Adverb Root: ἔτι Sense: yet, still. |
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Μικρὸν | A little |
Parse: Adjective, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: μικρός Sense: small, little. |
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ὅσον | very |
Parse: Personal / Relative Pronoun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: ὅσος Sense: as great as, as far as, how much, how many, whoever. |
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ὅσον | while |
Parse: Personal / Relative Pronoun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: ὅσος Sense: as great as, as far as, how much, how many, whoever. |
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ὁ | the [One] |
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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ἐρχόμενος | coming |
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Middle or Passive, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἔρχομαι Sense: to come. |
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ἥξει | will come |
Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἥκω Sense: to have come, have arrived, be present. |
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χρονίσει | will delay |
Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: χρονίζω Sense: to linger, delay, tarry. |
Greek Commentary for Hebrews 10:37
From Isaiah 26:20 as an introduction to the quotation from Habakkuk 2:3. He that cometh The article ο ho is added to ερχομενος erchomenos in Habakkuk 2:3 and is given here a Messianic application. [source]
Strictly, a very little while. The phrase N.T.oIt is not part of the quotation, but is taken from Isaiah 26:20, the only instance. See Aristoph. Wasps, 213. [source]
Rend. “he that cometh will come.” In the Hebrew (Habakkuk 2:3) the subject of the sentence is the vision of the extermination of the Chaldees. “The vision - will surely come.” As rendered in the lxx, either Jehovah or Messiah must be the subject. The passage was referred to Messiah by the later Jewish theologians, and is so taken by our writer, as is shown by the article before ἐρχόμενος . Comp. Matthew 11:3; Matthew 21:9; John 11:27. Similarly he refers ἥξει shallcome to the final coming of Messiah to judge the world. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Hebrews 10:37
This phrase refers to the Messiah (Mark 11:9; Luke 13:35; Luke 19:38; Hebrews 10:37; Psalm 118:26; Daniel 7:13). Some rabbis applied the phrase to some forerunner of the kingdom (McNeile). Was there to be “another” It was once clear enough to him, but his environment was depressing and Jesus had done nothing to get him out of Machaerus (see chapter IX in my John the Loyal). John longed for reassurance. [source]