Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleWhen God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself, Young's Literal Translation For to Abraham God, having made promise, seeing He was able to swear by no greater, did swear by Himself, King James Bible For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, Greek [When]γὰρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. God Θεός (Theos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. made His promise ἐπαγγειλάμενος (epangeilamenos) Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 1861: From epi and the base of aggelos; to announce upon, i.e. to engage to do something, to assert something respecting oneself. to Abraham, Ἀβραὰμ (Abraam) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 11: Abraham, progenitor of the Hebrew race. Of Hebrew origin; Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch. since ἐπεὶ (epei) Conjunction Strong's 1893: Of time: when, after; of cause: since, because; otherwise: else. From epi and ei; thereupon, i.e. Since. He had εἶχεν (eichen) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. no one οὐδενὸς (oudenos) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 3762: No one, none, nothing. greater μείζονος (meizonos) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular - Comparative Strong's 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense. to swear ὀμόσαι (omosai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Strong's 3660: A prolonged form of a primary, but obsolete omo, for which another prolonged form omoo is used in certain tenses; to swear, i.e. Take oath. by, κατ’ (kat’) Preposition Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined). He swore ὤμοσεν (ōmosen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 3660: A prolonged form of a primary, but obsolete omo, for which another prolonged form omoo is used in certain tenses; to swear, i.e. Take oath. by καθ’ (kath’) Preposition Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined). Himself, ἑαυτοῦ (heautou) Reflexive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1438: Himself, herself, itself. |