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Hebrews 11:37 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 11 · verse 37 · King James Version
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;Hebrews 11:37 · King James Version
Hebrews 11:37 in context
35Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
36And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
37They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
38(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
39And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
Key words (Strong's)
- sheepskinsmēlōtēa sheepskin, an outer robe or mantle since most mantles were made of skinsG3374 →
- goatskinsaigeiosof a goat, goatskinG122 →
- goatskinsdermaa skin, hide, leatherG1192 →
- asunderprizōto saw, to cut in two with a sawG4249 →
- temptedpeirazōto try whether a thing can be done, to attempt, endeavour, to try, make trial of, test…G3985 →
- stonedlithazōto overwhelm or pelt with stones, of stoning, a Jewish mode of punishment, to pelt one…G3034 →
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