KJV: For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
YLT: for He spake in a certain place concerning the seventh day thus: 'And God did rest in the seventh day from all His works;'
Darby: For he has said somewhere of the seventh day thus, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works:
ASV: For he hath said somewhere of the seventh day on this wise, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works;
εἴρηκεν | He has spoken |
Parse: Verb, Perfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to utter, speak, say. |
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που | somewhere |
Parse: Adverb Root: πού Sense: where?, in what place?. |
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περὶ | concerning |
Parse: Preposition Root: περί Sense: about, concerning, on account of, because of, around, near. |
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ἑβδόμης | seventh [day] |
Parse: Adjective, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: ἕβδομος Sense: seventh. |
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οὕτως | in this way |
Parse: Adverb Root: οὕτως Sense: in this manner, thus, so. |
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κατέπαυσεν | rested |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: καταπαύω Sense: to make quiet, to cause to be at rest, to grant rest. |
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ὁ | - |
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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Θεὸς | God |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: θεός Sense: a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities. |
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ἡμέρᾳ | day |
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular Root: ἡμέρα Sense: the day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from and contrasted with the night. |
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τῇ | - |
Parse: Article, Dative Feminine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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ἑβδόμῃ | seventh |
Parse: Adjective, Dative Feminine Singular Root: ἕβδομος Sense: seventh. |
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ἔργων | works |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Neuter Plural Root: ἔργον Sense: business, employment, that which any one is occupied. |
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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 4:4
See Hebrews 2:6 for που τις pou tis for a like indefinite allusion to an Old Testament quotation. Here it is Genesis 2:2 (cf. Exodus 20:11; Exodus 31:17). Moffatt notes that Philo quotes Genesis 2:2 with the same “literary mannerism.” Rested First aorist active indicative of καταπαυω katapauō intransitive here, but transitive in Hebrews 4:8. It is not, of course, absolute rest from all creative activity as Jesus shows in John 5:17. But the seventh day of God‘s rest was still going on (clearly not a twenty-four hour day). [source]
d What was implied in the preceding verse is now stated. [source]
The verb only in Hebrews and Acts 14:18. Works, plural, following lxx. The Hebrew has work. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Hebrews 4:4
Rend. for “he himself.” God himself. For εἴρηκεν hathsaid, see Hebrews 1:13; Hebrews 4:3, Hebrews 4:4; Hebrews 10:9. [source]
Const. again with bringeth in. “When he a second time bringeth the first-begotten into the world.” Referring to the second coming of Christ. Others explain again as introducing a new citation as in Hebrews 1:5; but this would require the reading πάλιν δὲ ὅταν andagain, when. In Hebrews, πάλιν , when joined to a verb, always means a second time. See Hebrews 5:12; Hebrews 6:1, Hebrews 6:2. It will be observed that in this verse, and in Hebrews 5:7, Hebrews 5:8, God is conceived as spoken of rather than as speaking; the subject of λέγει saithbeing indefinite. This mode of introducing citations differs from that of Paul. The author's conception of the inspiration of Scripture leads him to regard all utterances of Scripture, without regard to their connection, as distinct utterances of God, or the Holy Spirit, or the Son of God; whereas, by Paul, they are designated either as utterances of Scripture in general, or of individual writers. Very common in this Epistle are the expressions, “God saith, said, spake, testifieth,” or the like. See Hebrews 2:11, Hebrews 2:13; Hebrews 3:7; Hebrews 4:4, Hebrews 4:7; Hebrews 7:21; Hebrews 10:5, Hebrews 10:8, Hebrews 10:15, Hebrews 10:30. Comp. with these Romans 1:17; Romans 2:24; Romans 4:17; Romans 7:7; Romans 9:13; Romans 10:5, Romans 10:16, Romans 10:20, Romans 10:21; Romans 11:2. Ὅταν εἰσαγάγῃ wheneverhe shall have brought. The event is conceived as occurring at an indefinite time in the future, but is viewed as complete. Comp. John 16:4; Acts 24:22. This use of ὅταν with the aorist subjunctive never describes an event or series of events as completed in the past. [source]
See Hebrews 4:4 for a like indefinite quotation. Philo uses this “literary mannerism” (Moffatt). He quotes Psalm 8:5-7 and extends here to Hebrews 2:8. Hath testified First aorist middle indicative of διαμαρτυρομαι diamarturomai old verb to testify vigorously (Acts 2:40). What Neuter, not masculine τις tis (who). The insignificance of man is implied. The son of man Not ο υιος του αντρωπου ho huios tou anthrōpou which Jesus used so often about himself, but literally here “son of man” like the same words so often in Ezekiel, without Messianic meaning here. Visited Second person singular present indicative middle of επισκεπτομαι episkeptomai old verb to look upon, to look after, to go to see (Matthew 25:36), from which verb επισχοπος episcopos overseer, bishop, comes. [source]
Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of εισερχομαι eiserchomai We are sure to enter in, we who believe. He hath said Perfect active indicative for the permanent value of God‘s word as in Hebrews 1:13; Hebrews 4:4; Hebrews 10:9, Hebrews 10:13; Hebrews 13:5; Acts 13:34. God has spoken. That is enough for us. So he quotes again what he has in Hebrews 4:11 from Psalm 95:1-11. Although the works were finished Genitive absolute with concessive use of the participle. Old particle, in N.T. only here and Acts 14:17 (with verb). From the foundation of the world Καταβολη Katabolē late word from καταβαλλω kataballō usually laying the foundation of a house in the literal sense. In the N.T. usually with απο apo (Matthew 25:44) or προ pro (John 17:24) about the foundation of the world. [source]