KJV: By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
YLT: by faith Jacob dying -- each of the sons of Joseph did bless, and did bow down upon the top of his staff;
Darby: By faith Jacob when dying blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshipped on the top of his staff.
ASV: By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
Πίστει | By faith |
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular Root: πίστις Sense: conviction of the truth of anything, belief; in the NT of a conviction or belief respecting man’s relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervour born of faith and joined with it. |
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Ἰακὼβ | Jacob |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: Ἰακώβ Sense: was the second son of Isaac. |
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ἀποθνῄσκων | dying |
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἀποθνῄσκω Sense: to die. |
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ἕκαστον | each |
Parse: Adjective, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: ἕκαστος Sense: each, every. |
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τῶν | of the |
Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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υἱῶν | sons |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: υἱός Sense: a son. |
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Ἰωσὴφ | of Joseph |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: Ἰωσήφ Sense: the patriarch, the eleventh son of Jacob. |
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εὐλόγησεν | blessed |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: εὐλογέω Sense: to praise, celebrate with praises. |
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προσεκύνησεν | worshiped |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: προσκυνέω Sense: to kiss the hand to (towards) one, in token of reverence. |
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ἄκρον | top |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: ἄκρον Sense: the farthest bounds, uttermost parts, end, highest, extreme. |
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τῆς | of the |
Parse: Article, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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ῥάβδου | staff |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: ῥάβδος Sense: a staff, a walking stick, a twig, rod, branch. |
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αὐτοῦ | of him |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
Greek Commentary for Hebrews 11:21
From Genesis 47:31, but no word for “leaning.” The quotation is from the lxx, the Hebrew having “the head of the bed,” but the Hebrew word allows either meaning with different vowel points. [source]
Rend. “when dying.” It is quite superfluous to explain this as emphasizing the strength in contrast with the weakness of approaching death; or that, in the birth of Joseph's two sons before Jacob's death, Jacob discerned a monition to adopt them into the direct line of his own sons. The meaning is simply that these events took place in Jacob's last hours. [source]
See Genesis 48:17-20. Each son received a separate and distinct blessing, although Joseph had expected only one common blessing for both. Jacob's discernment of faith appeared in this, as in the precedence assigned to the younger son. [source]
From the lxx of Genesis 47:31. It seems to have been loosely included by our writer among the incidents of Jacob's last hours ( ἀποθνήσκων ), although it belongs to a different part of the narrative. The promise given by Joseph to remove his father's remains to the family sepulchre may have been regarded as preparatory to the blessing, or introduced in order to emphasize the devotional character of the entire proceeding. The words upon the head of his staff are from the lxx; the Hebrew being “Jacob bowed himself upon the head of the bed.” Comp. 1 Kings 1:47. According to its vowel-points the same Hebrew word signifies either staff or bed. The lxx has chosen the former, and renders by ῥάβδος staffAccording to the Hebrew, the meaning is that Jacob, having been sitting during the conversation, lay down when it was finished, probably overcome by weakness, and breathing a prayer as he fell back on his pillow. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Hebrews 11:21
This quotation (the fifth) is from Psalm 45:7. A Hebrew nuptial ode Old word for walking-stick, staff (Hebrews 11:21). [source]