Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Hebrews 13:6
So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not fear what (c) man shall do unto me.
(c) He contrasts man with God.
So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not fear what (c) man shall do unto me.
(c) He contrasts man with God.
Verse Hebrews 13:6. _SO THAT WE MAY BOLDLY SAY_] We, in such circumstances, while cleaving to the Lord, may confidently apply to ourselves what God spake to Joshua and to Solomon; and what he spake to...
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LORD. App-98. HELPER. Succourer. Greek. _boethos._ Only here; compare Psalms 10:14; Psalms 22:11, &c. MAN. Greek. _anthropos._ App-123. UNTO. to. The quotation is from Psalms 118:6
_we may boldly say_ Rather, "we boldly say." _The Lord is my helper_ Psalms 118:6. _I will not fear what man_ Rather, "I will not fear. What shall man do unto me?...
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ΘΑΡΡΟΥ͂ΝΤΑΣ. “_We boldly say_,” not as in A.V. “we _may_ boldly say.” ΚΎΡΙΟΣ. Psalms 118:6. ΟΥ̓ ΦΟΒΗΘΉΣΟΜΑΙ. “_I will not fear. What shall man do unto me?_” The rendering of the A.V. “I will not _fe...
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ΏΣΤΕ (G5620) с _inf._ вводит _прид._ результата. ΘΑΡΡΟΫ́ΝΤΑΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΘΑΡΡΈΩ (G2292) быть смелым, быть дерзким, доверять. Модальное _part._ описывает, каким образом они говорят, ΛΈΓΕΙ...
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So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. MAY, [ hooste (G5620) tharrountas (G2292) ... legein (G3004)] - rather, confidence actually realized...
22 There is a studied contrast here between the scene presented to the physical eye at Mount Sinai and the prospect of faith in connection with the new covenant. Mount Sinai itself is suggestive of an...
13:6 me? (m-24) Psalms 118:6 ....
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῾Αφιλάργυρος ὁ τρόπος, ἀρκούμενοι τοῖς παροῦσιν· αὐτὸς γὰρ εἴρηκεν, Οὐ μή σε ἀνῶ, οὐδ᾿ οὐ μή σε ἐγκαταλίπω, ὥστε θαῤῥοῦντας ἡμᾶς λέγειν, Κύριος ἐμοὶ βοηθὸς ¸ καὶ οὐ φοβηθήσομαι τὶ ποιήσει μοι ἄνθρωπος...
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Hebrews 13:6 So G5620 we G2248 boldly G2292 (G5723) say G3004 (G5721) LORD G2962 my G1698 helper...
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Daniel 3:16; Deuteronomy 33:26; Deuteronomy 33:29; Ephesians 3:12;...
Let your conversation be without covetousness [α φ ι λ α ρ γ υ ρ ο ς ο τ ρ ο π ο ς]. Tropov originally turn or direction. Hence ways manner, fashion; way or manner of life. In this sense N. T. o. Else...
Psalms 118:6....