Η ΠΡΟΣ ΕΒΡΑΙΟΥΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΠΑΥΛΟΥ

Epistle to the Hebrews

CHAPTER 11

| 1 | εστιν |  | δε |  | πιστις |  | ελπιζομενων |  | υποστασις |  | πραγματων |  | ελεγχος |
|  | Now is 2 |  | ♦ |  | faith 1 |  | of [things] hoped for |  | [the] assurance, |  | of things |  | [the] 3 conviction 4 |

ου |  | βλεπομενων |  |
not 1 |  | seen. 2 |  |

| 2 | εν |  | ταυτη |  | γαρ |  | εμαρτυρηθησαν |  | οι |  | πρεσβυτεροι |  |
|  | For by this |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | were 3 borne 4 witness 5 to 6 |  | the 1 |  | elders. 2 |  |

| 3 | πιστει |  | νοουμεν |  | κατηρτισθαι |  | τους |  | αιωνας |  | ρηματι |  | θεου |  | εις |  | το |
|  | By faith |  | we apprehend |  | to have been framed |  | the |  | worlds |  | by [the] word |  | of God, |  | so that |  | ♦ |

μη |  | εκ |  | φαινομενων |  | τα |  | βλεπομενα |  | γεγονεναι |  |
not 5 |  | from 7 [things] 8 |  | appearing 9 |  | the 1 things 2 |  | seen 3 |  | have 4 being. 6 |  |

| 4 | πιστει |  | πλειονα |  | θυσιαν |  | αβελ |  | παρα |  | καιν |  | προσηνεγκεν |  | τω |  | θεω |  | δι |
|  | By faith |  | a 2 more 3 excellent 4 |  | sacrifice 5 |  | Abel 1 |  | than |  | Cain |  | offered |  | ♦ |  | to God, |  | by |

ης |  | εμαρτυρηθη |  | ειναι |  | δικαιος |  | μαρτυρουντος |  | επι |  | τοις |  | δωροις |
which |  | he was borne witness to |  | as being |  | righteous, |  | bearing 2 witness 3 |  | to 4 |  | his 5 gifts 6 |  | ♦ |

αυτου |  | του |  | θεου |  | και |  | δι |  | αυτης |  | αποθανων |  | ετι |  | λαλειται |  |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | God, 1 |  | and |  | through |  | it, |  | having died, |  | yet |  | speaks. |  |

| 5 | πιστει |  | ενωχ |  | μετετεθη |  | του |  | μη |  | ιδειν |  | θανατον |  | και |  | ουχ |  | ευρισκετο
|  | By faith |  | Enoch |  | was translated |  | ♦ |  | not |  | to see |  | death, |  | and |  | was not found, |  | ♦

| διοτι |  | μετεθηκεν |  | αυτον |  | ο |  | θεος |  | προ |  | γαρ |  | της |  | μεταθεσεως |
| because |  | translated 2 |  | him 3 |  | ♦ |  | God; 1 |  | for before |  | ♦ |  | his translation |  | ♦ |

αυτου |  | μεμαρτυρηται |  | ευηρεστηκεναι |  | τω |  | θεω |  |
♦ |  | he has borne witness to |  | to have well pleased |  | ♦ |  | God. |  |

| 6 | χωρις |  | δε |  | πιστεως |  | αδυνατον |  | ευαρεστησαι |  | πιστευσαι |  | γαρ |
|  | But apart from |  | ♦ |  | faith |  | [it is] impossible |  | to well please [him]. |  | For to 8 believe 9 |  | ♦ |

δει |  | τον |  | προσερχομενον |  | τω |  | θεω |  | οτι |  | εστιν |  | και |
it 1 behoves 2 |  | him 3 who 4 |  | approaches 5 |  | ♦ |  | to 6 God, 7 |  | that |  | he is, |  | and [that] |

τοις |  | εκζητουσιν |  | αυτον |  | μισθαποδοτης |  | γινεται |  |
for those who |  | seek out 2 |  | him 1 |  | a rewarder |  | he becomes. |  |

| 7 | πιστει |  | χρηματισθεις |  | νωε |  | περι |  | των |  | μηδεπω |
|  | By faith |  | having 2 been 3 divinely 4 instructed 5 |  | Noah 1 |  | concerning |  | the things |  | not yet |

βλεπομενων |  | ευλαβηθεις |  | κατεσκευασεν |  | κιβωτον |  | εις |
seen, |  | having been moved with fear, |  | prepared |  | an ark |  | for |

σωτηριαν |  | του |  | οικου |  | αυτου |  | δι |  | ης |  | κατεκρινεν |  | τον |  | κοσμον |  | και |  | της |
[the] salvation |  | ♦ |  | of house 2 |  | his; 1 |  | by |  | which |  | he condemned |  | the |  | world, |  | and |  | of the |

κατα |  | πιστιν |  | δικαιοσυνης |  | εγενετο |  | κληρονομος |  |
according 2 to 3 |  | faith 4 |  | righteousness 1 |  | became |  | heir. |  |

| 8 | πιστει |  | καλουμενος |  | αβρααμ |  | υπηκουσεν |  | εξελθειν |  | εις |  | τον |  | τοπον |  | ον |
|  | By faith |  | being called |  | Abraham |  | obeyed |  | to go out |  | into |  | the |  | place |  | which |

ημελλεν |  | λαμβανειν |  | εις |  | κληρονομιαν |  | και |  | εξηλθεν |  | μη |  | επισταμενος |  | που |
he was about |  | to receive |  | for |  | an inheritance, |  | and |  | went out, |  | not |  | knowing |  | where |

ερχεται |  |
he is going. |  |

| 9 | πιστει |  | παρωκησεν |  | εις |  | την |  | γην |  | της |  | επαγγελιας |  | ως |  | αλλοτριαν |  | εν |
|  | By faith |  | he sojourned |  | in |  | the |  | land |  | of the |  | promise, |  | as [in] |  | a strange [country], |  | in |

σκηναις |  | κατοικησας |  | μετα |  | ισαακ |  | και |  | ιακωβ |  | των |  | συγκληρονομων |  | της |
tents |  | having dwelt |  | with |  | Isaac |  | and |  | Jacob, |  | the |  | joint-heirs |  | of the |

επαγγελιας |  | της |  | αυτης |  |
promise 2 |  | ♦ |  | same; 1 |  |

| 10 | εξεδεχετο |  | γαρ |  | την |  | τους |  | θεμελιους |  | εχουσαν |  | πολιν |  | ης |
|  | for he was waiting for |  | ♦ |  | the |  | ♦ |  | foundations 3 |  | having 2 |  | city, 1 |  | of which |

τεχνιτης |  | και |  | δημιουργος |  | ο |  | θεος |  |
[the] artificer |  | and |  | constructor [is] |  | ♦ |  | God. |  |

| 11 | πιστει |  | και |  | αυτη |  | σαρρα |  | δυναμιν |  | εις |  | καταβολην |  | σπερματος |  | ελαβεν |
|  | By faith |  | also |  | herself 2 |  | Sarah 1 |  | power |  | for |  | [the] conception |  | of seed |  | received, |

και |  | παρα |  | καιρον |  | ηλικιας |  | ετεκεν |  | επει |  | πιστον |  | ηγησατο |  | τον |
and |  | beyond |  | age 2 |  | seasonable 1 |  | gave birth; |  | since |  | faithful |  | she esteemed |  | him who |

επαγγειλαμενον |  |
promised. |  |

| 12 | διο |  | και |  | αφ |  | ενος |  | εγεννηθησαν |  | και |  | ταυτα |
|  | Wherefore |  | also |  | from |  | one |  | were born, |  | and that too |  | ♦ |

νενεκρωμενου |  | καθως |  | τα |  | αστρα |  | του |  | ουρανου |  | τω |  | πληθει |  | και |
of [one] having become dead, |  | even as |  | the |  | stars |  | of the |  | heaven |  | ♦ |  | in multitude, |  | and |

ωσει |  | αμμος |  | η |  | παρα |  | το |  | χειλος |  | της |  | θαλασσης |  | η |  | αναριθμητος |  |
as |  | sand 3 |  | which 4 [is] 5 |  | by 6 |  | the 7 |  | shore 8 |  | of 9 the 10 |  | sea 11 |  | the 1 |  | countless. 2 |  |

| 13 | κατα |  | πιστιν |  | απεθανον |  | ουτοι |  | παντες |  | μη |  | λαβοντες |  | τας |  | επαγγελιας |
|  | In |  | faith |  | died 3 |  | these 2 |  | all, 1 |  | not |  | having received |  | the |  | promises, |

αλλα |  | πορρωθεν |  | αυτας |  | ιδοντες |  | και |  | πεισθεντες |  | και |
but |  | from afar |  | them |  | having seen, |  | and |  | having been persuaded, |  | and |

ασπασαμενοι |  | και |  | ομολογησαντες |  | οτι |  | ξενοι |  | και |  | παρεπιδημοι |  | εισιν
having embraced [them], |  | and |  | having confessed |  | that |  | strangers |  | and |  | sojourners |  | they are

| επι |  | της |  | γης |  |
| on |  | the |  | earth. |  |

| 14 | οι |  | γαρ |  | τοιαυτα |  | λεγοντες |  | εμφανιζουσιν |  | οτι |  | πατριδα |
|  | For they who |  | ♦ |  | such things |  | say, |  | make manifest |  | that [their] |  | own country |

επιζητουσιν |  |
they are seeking. |  |

| 15 | και |  | ει |  | μεν |  | εκεινης |  | εμνημονευον |  | αφ |  | ης |  | εξηλθον |
|  | And if |  | ♦ |  | indeed |  | that 4 |  | they 1 were 2 remembering 3 |  | from |  | whence |  | they came out, |

ειχον |  | αν |  | καιρον |  | ανακαμψαι |  |
they might have had |  | ♦ |  | opportunity |  | to have returned; |  |

| 16 | νυνι |  | δε |  | κρειττονος |  | ορεγονται |  | τουτ |  | εστιν |  | επουρανιου |
|  | but now |  | ♦ |  | a better |  | they stretch forward to, |  | that is, |  | a heavenly; |  | wherefore |

διο |  | ουκ |  | επαισχυνεται |  | αυτους |  | ο |  | θεος |  | θεος |
is 2 not 3 ashamed 4 of 5 |  | ♦ |  | them 6 |  | ♦ |  | God. 1 |  | God 11 |  | to 7 be 8 called 9 |

επικαλεισθαι |  | αυτων |  | ητοιμασεν |  | γαρ |  | αυτοις |  |
their; 10 |  | for he prepared |  | ♦ |  | for them |  | a city. |  |

| 17 | πιστει |  | προσενηνοχεν |  | αβρααμ |  | τον |  | ισαακ |  | πειραζομενος |  | και |
|  | By faith |  | has 4 offered 5 up 6 |  | Abraham 1 |  | ♦ |  | Isaac 7 |  | being 2 tried, 3 |  | and [his] 9 |

τον |  | μονογενη |  | προσεφερεν |  | ο |  | τας |  | επαγγελιας |
only-begotten 10 |  | ♦ |  | was 6 offering 7 up 8 |  | he 1 who 2 |  | the 4 |  | promises 5 |

αναδεξαμενος |  |
accepted, 3 |  |

| 18 | προς |  | ον |  | ελαληθη |  | οτι |  | εν |  | ισαακ |  | κληθησεται |  | σοι |  | σπερμα |  |
|  | as to |  | whom |  | it was said, |  | ♦ |  | In |  | Isaac |  | shall be called |  | thy |  | seed; |  |

| 19 | λογισαμενος |  | οτι |  | και |  | εκ |  | νεκρων |  | εγειρειν |  | δυνατος |  | ο |  | θεος |  | οθεν
|  | reckoning |  | that |  | even |  | from among |  | [the] dead |  | to 4 raise 5 |  | able 3 [was] 2 |  | ♦ |  | God, 1 |  | whence

| αυτον |  | και |  | εν |  | παραβολη |  | εκομισατο |  |
| him |  | also |  | in |  | a simile |  | he received. |  |

| 20 | πιστει |  | περι |  | μελλοντων |  | ευλογησεν |  | ισαακ |  | τον |  | ιακωβ |  | και |  | τον |  | ησαυ |  |
|  | By faith |  | concerning |  | things coming |  | blessed 2 |  | Isaac 1 |  | ♦ |  | Jacob |  | and |  | ♦ |  | Esau. |  |

| 21 | πιστει |  | ιακωβ |  | αποθνησκων |  | εκαστον |  | των |  | υιων |  | ιωσηφ |  | ευλογησεν |
|  | By faith |  | Jacob |  | dying |  | each 2 |  | of 3 the 4 |  | sons 5 |  | of 6 Joseph 7 |  | blessed 1 |

και |  | προσεκυνησεν |  | επι |  | το |  | ακρον |  | της |  | ραβδου |  | αυτου |  |
and |  | worshipped |  | on |  | the |  | top |  | of his staff. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 22 | πιστει |  | ιωσηφ |  | τελευτων |  | περι |  | της |  | εξοδου |  | των |  | υιων |  | ισραηλ |
|  | By faith |  | Joseph |  | dying, |  | concerning |  | the |  | going forth |  | of the |  | sons |  | of Israel |

εμνημονευσεν |  | και |  | περι |  | των |  | οστεων |  | αυτου |  | ενετειλατο |  |
made mention, |  | and |  | concerning |  | his bones |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | gave command. |  |

| 23 | πιστει |  | μωσης |  | γεννηθεις |  | εκρυβη |  | τριμηνον |  | υπο |  | των |  | πατερων |
|  | By faith |  | Moses, |  | having been born, |  | was hid |  | three months |  | by |  | his parents |  | ♦ |

αυτου |  | διοτι |  | ειδον |  | αστειον |  | το |  | παιδιον |  | και |  | ουκ |  | εφοβηθησαν |  | το |
♦ |  | because |  | they saw |  | beautiful 4 |  | the 1 |  | little 2 child; 3 |  | and |  | did not fear |  | ♦ |  | the |

διαταγμα |  | του |  | βασιλεως |  |
injunction |  | of the |  | king. |  |

| 24 | πιστει |  | μωσης |  | μεγας |  | γενομενος |  | ηρνησατο |  | λεγεσθαι |  | υιος |  | θυγατρος |
|  | By faith |  | Moses, |  | great |  | having become, |  | refused |  | to be called |  | son |  | of daughter 2 |

φαραω |  |
Pharoah’s; 1 |  |

| 25 | μαλλον |  | ελομενος |  | συγκακουχεισθαι |  | τω |  | λαω |  | του |  | θεου |  | η |
|  | rather 5 |  | having 3 chosen 4 |  | to suffer affliction with |  | the |  | people |  | ♦ |  | of God, |  | than |

προσκαιρον |  | εχειν |  | αμαρτιας |  | απολαυσιν |  |
[the] 3 temporarily 4 |  | to 1 have 2 |  | of 6 sin 7 |  | enjoyment; 5 |  |

| 26 | μειζονα |  | πλουτον |  | ηγησαμενος |  | των |  | εν |  | αιγυπτω |  | θησαυρων |  | τον |
|  | greater |  | riches |  | having esteemed |  | than 6 the 7 |  | in 9 |  | Egypt 10 |  | treasures 8 |  | the 1 |

ονειδισμον |  | του |  | χριστου |  | απεβλεπεν |  | γαρ |  | εις |  | την |  | μισθαποδοσιαν |  |
reproach 2 |  | of 3 the 4 |  | Christ; 5 |  | for he had respect |  | ♦ |  | to |  | the |  | recompense. |  |

| 27 | πιστει |  | κατελιπεν |  | αιγυπτον |  | μη |  | φοβηθεις |  | τον |  | θυμον |  | του |  | βασιλεως |
|  | By faith |  | he left |  | Egypt, |  | not |  | having feared |  | the |  | indignation |  | of the |  | king; |

τον |  | γαρ |  | αορατον |  | ως |  | ορων |  | εκαρτερησεν |  |
for the 3 |  | ♦ |  | invisible 4 [one] 5 |  | as 1 |  | seeing 2 |  | he perservered. |  |

| 28 | πιστει |  | πεποιηκεν |  | το |  | πασχα |  | και |  | την |  | προσχυσιν |  | του |  | αιματος |  | ινα |  | μη |
|  | By faith |  | he has kept |  | the |  | passover |  | and |  | the |  | affusion |  | of the |  | blood, |  | lest |  | ♦ |

ο |  | ολοθρευων |  | τα |  | πρωτοτοκα |  | θιγη |  | αυτων |  |
the destroyer of |  | ♦ |  | the |  | firstborn [ones] |  | might touch |  | them. |  |

| 29 | πιστει |  | διεβησαν |  | την |  | ερυθραν |  | θαλασσαν |  | ως |  | δια |  | ξηρας |
|  | By faith |  | they passed through |  | the |  | Red |  | Sea |  | as |  | through |  | dry [land]; |

ης |  | πειραν |  | λαβοντες |  | οι |  | αιγυπτιοι |  | κατεποθησαν |  |
of which |  | having 3 made 4 trial 5 |  | ♦ |  | the 1 |  | Egyptians 2 |  | were swallowed up. |  |

| 30 | πιστει |  | τα |  | τειχη |  | ιεριχω |  | επεσεν |  | κυκλωθεντα |  | επι |  | επτα |  | ημερας |  |
|  | By faith |  | the |  | walls |  | of Jericho |  | fell, |  | having been encircled |  | for |  | seven |  | days. |  |

| 31 | πιστει |  | ρααβ |  | η |  | πορνη |  | ου |  | συναπωλετο |  | τοις |  | απειθησασιν |
|  | By faith |  | Rahab |  | the |  | harlot |  | not 2 |  | did 1 perish 3 with 4 |  | those who |  | disobeyed, |

δεξαμενη |  | τους |  | κατασκοπους |  | μετ |  | ειρηνης |  |
having received |  | the |  | spies |  | with |  | peace. |  |

| 32 | και |  | τι |  | ετι |  | λεγω |  | επιλειψει |  | γαρ |  | με |  | διηγουμενον |  | ο |  | χρονος |  | περι |
|  | And |  | what |  | more |  | do I say? |  | For will 3 fail 4 |  | ♦ |  | me 5 |  | relating 6 |  | the 1 |  | time 2 |  | of |

γεδεων |  | βαρακ |  | τε |  | και |  | σαμψων |  | και |  | ιεφθαε |  | δαβιδ |  | τε |  | και |  | σαμουηλ |  | και |
Gedeon, |  | Barak |  | also |  | and |  | Samson |  | and |  | Jephthae, |  | David |  | also |  | and |  | Samuel |  | and |

των |  | προφητων |  |
of the |  | prophets: |  |

| 33 | οι |  | δια |  | πιστεως |  | κατηγωνισαντο |  | βασιλειας |  | ειργασαντο |  | δικαιοσυνην |
|  | who |  | by |  | faith |  | overcame |  | kingdoms, |  | wrought |  | righteousness, |

επετυχον |  | επαγγελιων |  | εφραξαν |  | στοματα |  | λεοντων |  |
obtained |  | promises, |  | stopped |  | mouths |  | of lions, |  |

| 34 | εσβεσαν |  | δυναμιν |  | πυρος |  | εφυγον |  | στοματα |  | μαχαιρας |
|  | quenched |  | [the] power |  | of fire, |  | escaped |  | [the] mouths |  | of [the] sword, |

ενεδυναμωθησαν |  | απο |  | ασθενειας |  | εγενηθησαν |  | ισχυροι |  | εν |  | πολεμω |
acquired strength |  | out of |  | weakness, |  | became |  | mighty |  | in |  | war, |

παρεμβολας |  | εκλιναν |  | αλλοτριων |  |
[the] 2 armies 3 |  | made 1 to 6 give 7 way 8 |  | of 4 strangers. 5 |  |

| 35 | ελαβον |  | γυναικες |  | εξ |  | αναστασεως |  | τους |  | νεκρους |  | αυτων |  | αλλοι |  | δε |
|  | Received 10 |  | women 9 |  | by |  | resurrection |  | their dead; |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and others |  | ♦ |

ετυμπανισθησαν |  | ου |  | προσδεξαμενοι |  | την |  | απολυτρωσιν |  | ινα |  | κρειττονος |
were tortured, |  | not |  | having accepted |  | ♦ |  | redemption, |  | that |  | a better |

αναστασεως |  | τυχωσιν |  |
resurrection |  | they might obtain; |  |

| 36 | ετεροι |  | δε |  | εμπαιγμων |  | και |  | μαστιγων |  | πειραν |  | ελαβον |  | ετι |  | δε |
|  | and others |  | ♦ |  | of 2 mockings 3 |  | and 4 |  | of 5 scourgings 6 |  | trial 1 |  | received, |  | yea, moreover, |  | ♦ |

δεσμων |  | και |  | φυλακης |  |
of bonds |  | and |  | of imprisonment. |  |

| 37 | ελιθασθησαν |  | επρισθησαν |  | επειρασθησαν |  | εν |  | φονω |  | μαχαιρας |
|  | They were stoned, |  | were sawn asunder, |  | were tempted, |  | by |  | slaughter |  | of [the] sword |

απεθανον |  | περιηλθον |  | εν |  | μηλωταις |  | εν |  | αιγειοις |  | δερμασιν |  | υστερουμενοι |
they died; |  | the wandered |  | in |  | sheep-skins, |  | in |  | goats’ |  | skins, |  | being destitute, |

θλιβομενοι |  | κακουχουμενοι |  |
being oppressed, |  | being evil-treated, |  |

| 38 | ων |  | ουκ |  | ην |  | αξιος |  | ο |  | κοσμος |  | εν |  | ερημιαις |  | πλανωμενοι |  | και |
|  | (of whom |  | was 3 not 4 |  | ♦ |  | worthy 5 |  | the 1 |  | world,) 2 |  | in |  | deserts |  | wandering |  | and |

ορεσιν |  | και |  | σπηλαιοις |  | και |  | ταις |  | οπαις |  | της |  | γης |  |
in mountains |  | and |  | in caves |  | and |  | in the |  | holes |  | of the |  | earth. |  |

| 39 | και |  | ουτοι |  | παντες |  | μαρτυρηθεντες |  | δια |  | της |  | πιστεως |  | ουκ |
|  | And |  | these |  | all, |  | having been borne witness to |  | through |  | ♦ |  | faith, |  | did not receive |

εκομισαντο |  | την |  | επαγγελιαν |  |
♦ |  | the |  | promise, |  |

| 40 | του |  | θεου |  | περι |  | ημων |  | κρειττον |  | τι |  | προβλεψαμενου |  | ινα |  | μη |
|  | ♦ |  | God |  | for |  | us |  | better 2 |  | something 1 |  | having foreseen, |  | that |  | not |

χωρις |  | ημων |  | τελειωθωσιν |  |
apart from |  | us |  | they should be made perfect. |  |