Focused Passage

Hebrews 11:23-29

Faith That Sees the Unseen and Endures for the Promise

Hebrews 11 defines faith as confident trust in God's promised unseen realities and then displays that faith through the lives of those who obeyed, endured, suffered, and died still looking for God's better fulfillment.

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23By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.

24By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.

25He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.

26He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.

27By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.

28By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.

29By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.

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Verse 23

Original words

By faithΠίστειG4102Noun - Dative Feminine Singular-ΜωϋσῆςG3475Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular-ὑπὸG5259Preposition[Moses’]αὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular-τῶνG3588Article - Genitive Masculine PluralparentsπατέρωνG3962Noun - Genitive Masculine Pluralhid himἐκρύβηG2928Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singularfor three monthsτρίμηνονG5150Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singularafter his birthγεννηθεὶςG1080Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine SingularbecauseδιότιG1360Conjunctionthey sawεἶδονG3708Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural[that he was]τὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter Singulara beautifulἀστεῖονG791Adjective - Accusative Neuter SingularchildπαιδίονG3813Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionvvvοὐκG3756Adverbthey were unafraidἐφοβήθησανG5399Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Pluralof theτὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularvvvτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularking’sβασιλέωςG935Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularedictδιάταγμαG1297Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Verse 24

Original words

By faithΠίστειG4102Noun - Dative Feminine SingularMosesΜωϋσῆςG3475Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularwhen he wasγενόμενοςG1096Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine SingulargrownμέγαςG3173Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularrefusedἠρνήσατοG720Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singularto be calledλέγεσθαιG3004Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive[the] sonυἱὸςG5207Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularof Pharaoh’sΦαραώG5328Noun - Genitive Masculine SingulardaughterθυγατρὸςG2364Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Verse 25

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He choseἑλόμενοςG138Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singularto suffer oppression withσυνκακουχεῖσθαιG4778Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularGod’sΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular-τῷG3588Article - Dative Masculine SingularpeopleλαῷG2992Noun - Dative Masculine SingularratherμᾶλλονG3123AdverbthanG2228Conjunctionto experienceἔχεινG2192Verb - Present Infinitive Active[the] fleetingπρόσκαιρονG4340Adjective - Accusative Feminine SingularenjoymentἀπόλαυσινG619Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularof sinἁμαρτίαςG266Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Verse 26

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vvvμείζοναG3173Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular - ComparativevvvπλοῦτονG4149Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularHe valuedἡγησάμενοςG2233Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular-τὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingulardisgraceὀνειδισμὸνG3680Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularfor ChristΧριστοῦG5547Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular{above} theτῶνG3588Article - Genitive Masculine PluraltreasuresθησαυρῶνG2344Noun - Genitive Masculine Pluralof EgyptΑἰγύπτουG125Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularforγὰρG1063Conjunctionhe was lookingἀπέβλεπενG578Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularaheadεἰςG1519Prepositionto [his]τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularrewardμισθαποδοσίανG3405Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Verse 27

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By faithΠίστειG4102Noun - Dative Feminine Singular[Moses] leftκατέλιπενG2641Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularEgyptΑἴγυπτονG125Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularnotμὴG3361AdverbfearingφοβηθεὶςG5399Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine SingulartheτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularking’sβασιλέωςG935Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular-τὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularangerθυμὸνG2372Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular-γὰρG1063Conjunctionhe perseveredἐκαρτέρησενG2594Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularbecauseὡςG5613Adverbhe sawὁρῶνG3708Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular[Him who is]τὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularinvisibleἀόρατονG517Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Verse 28

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By faithΠίστειG4102Noun - Dative Feminine Singularhe keptπεποίηκενG4160Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingulartheτὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularPassoverπάσχαG3957Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctiontheτὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularsprinklingπρόσχυσινG4378Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter Singularof bloodαἵματοςG129Noun - Genitive Neuter Singularso thatἵναG2443ConjunctiontheG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingulardestroyerὀλοθρεύωνG3645Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular[of] theτὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter PluralfirstbornπρωτότοκαG4416Adjective - Accusative Neuter PluralvvvμὴG3361Adverbwould not touchθίγῃG2345Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular[Israel’s own] [ firstborn ]αὐτῶνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Verse 29

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By faithΠίστειG4102Noun - Dative Feminine Singular[the people] passed throughδιέβησανG1224Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluraltheτὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularRedἘρυθρὰνG2063Adjective - Accusative Feminine SingularSeaΘάλασσανG2281Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularasὡςG5613AdverbonδιὰG1223PrepositiondryξηρᾶςG3584Adjective - Genitive Feminine SingularlandγῆςG1093Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular[but when] theοἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralEgyptiansΑἰγύπτιοιG124Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural-ἧςG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Feminine SingulartriedπεῖρανG3984Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularto followλαβόντεςG2983Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Pluralthey were drownedκατεπόθησανG2666Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural

BSB notes

  • Literally made an attempt

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