KJV: For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
YLT: for certain having heard did provoke, but not all who did come out of Egypt through Moses;
Darby: (for who was it, who, having heard, provoked? but was it not all who came out of Egypt by Moses?
ASV: For who, when they heard, did provoke? nay, did not all they that came out of Egypt by Moses?
| ἀκούσαντες | [were those] having heard |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ἀκουστός Sense: to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf. |
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| παρεπίκραναν | rebelled |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: παραπικραίνω Sense: to provoke, exasperate. |
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| οἱ | those |
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Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| ἐξελθόντες | having come |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ἐξέρχομαι Sense: to go or come forth of. |
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| ἐξ | out of |
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Parse: Preposition Root: ἐκ Sense: out of, from, by, away from. |
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| Αἰγύπτου | Egypt |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: Αἴγυπτος Sense: a country occupying the northeast angle of Africa. |
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| διὰ | by the leading of |
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Parse: Preposition Root: διά Sense: through. |
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| Μωϋσέως | Moses |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: Μωσεύς Sense: the legislator of the Jewish people and in a certain sense the founder of the Jewish religion. |
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Greek Commentary for Hebrews 3:16
Clearly interrogative, not indefinite (some). Did provoke First aorist active indicative of παραπικρινω parapikrinō apparently coined by the lxx like παραπικρασμος parapikrasmos (Hebrews 3:15) to which it points, exasperating the anger of God. Nay, did not all “A favourite device of the diatribe style” (Moffatt), answering one rhetorical question with another (Luke 17:8) as in Hebrews 3:17, Hebrews 3:18, There was a faithful minority mentioned by Paul (1 Corinthians 10:7.). [source]
Rend. who, when they heard, did provoke? The interrogative τίνες calls special attention to those who provoked God. The writer would say, “My warning against apostasy is not superfluous or irrelevant: for, consider: who were they that provoked God? They were those who had fairly begun their journey to Canaan, as you have begun your Christian course. They provoked God, so may you. [source]
Wrong. The interrogation should be continued. Who were they? But ( ἀλλ ') why do I ask? Were they not all who came out of Egypt by Moses? They were so numerous that they practically constituted the whole generation of the exodus. So far from its being true that a good ending necessarily follows a good beginning, a whole generation of God's chosen people failed to reach the Land of Promise because they provoked God. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Hebrews 3:16
Lit., be not embittered. Used only here by Paul. Elsewhere only in Revelation. The compounds παραπικραίνω toexasperate, and παραπικρασμός provocationoccur only in Hebrews 3:16; Hebrews 3:8, Hebrews 3:15. Compare Ephesians 4:31. [source]
Rend. because not incorporated by faith in them that heard. A body of obedient hearers with whom the erring Israelites were not incorporated would be an idea foreign to the discussion. Moreover, in Hebrews 3:16, the writer has declared that there were practically no believing hearers. He says that although the good tidings were announced to them, they did not profit them. The word did not profit them because it (the word) was not assimilated by faith in those that heard. They did not make the promise of rest their own. Their history was marked by continual renewals and rejections of the promise. [source]
Only here and Hebrews 3:15. In lxx only Psalm 94:8. The verb παραπικραίνειν toprovoke, only in Hebrews 3:16. Often in lxx. The simple verb πικραίνειν tomake bitter, Colossians 3:19; Revelation 8:11; Revelation 10:9, Revelation 10:10. From πικρός bitterpungent: hence to stir up to bitterness, to irritate. Comp. lxx Ezekiel 2:4. [source]
Ἔνδικος justonly here and Romans 3:8. olxx, quite frequent in Class., but mainly in poetry. The meaning is substantially the same as δίκαιος as it appears in the familiar phrase δίκαιός εἰμι with the infinitive: thus, δίκαιός εἰμι κολάζειν Iam right to punish, that is, I have a right, etc., right or justice being regarded as working within a definite circle. Μισθαποδοσία recompenseonly in Hebrews. Comp. Hebrews 10:35; Hebrews 11:26. olxx, oClass., where the word is, μισθοδοσία . From μισθός wagesand ἀποδιδόναι topay off or discharge. The reference is, primarily, to the punishments suffered by the Israelites in the wilderness. Comp. Hebrews 3:16; Hebrews 10:28; 1 Corinthians 10:5, 1 Corinthians 10:6. [source]