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Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
Hebrews 11:4
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

Πίστει πλείονα θυσίαν Ἅβελ παρὰ Κάϊν προσήνεγκεν τῷ θεῷ, δι᾽ ἧς ἐμαρτυρήθη εἶναι δίκαιος μαρτυροῦντος ἐπὶ τοῖς δώροις αὐτοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ· καὶ δι᾽ αὐτῆς ἀποθανὼν ἔτι λαλεῖ.

  1. ΠίστειPistei“By faith”
    Noun, dative, singular, feminine · from πίστις · “faith” · Strong's G4102G
  2. πλείοναpleiona“a more excellent”
    Adjective, accusative, singular, feminine, comparative · from πλείων, πλεῖον · “greater” · Strong's G4119
  3. θυσίανthusian“sacrifice”
    Noun, accusative, singular, feminine · from θυσία · “sacrifice” · Strong's G2378
  4. ἍβελHabel“Abel”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · from Ἄβελ · “Abel” · Strong's G0006
  5. παρὰpara“than”
    Preposition · from παρά · “from with” · Strong's G3844
  6. ΚάϊνKain“Cain”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · “Cain” · Strong's G2535
  7. προσήνεγκενprosēnegken“offered”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from προσφέρω · “to bring to” · Strong's G4374
  8. τῷtō“<the>”
    Article, dative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  9. θεῷ,theō“to God,”
    Noun, dative, singular, masculine · from θεός · “God” · Strong's G2316
  10. δι᾽di᾽“through”
    Preposition · from διά · “through/because of” · Strong's G1223
  11. ἧςhēs“which”
    Relative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine · from ὅς, ἥ · “which” · Strong's G3739
  12. ἐμαρτυρήθηemarturēthē“he was testified”
    Verb, aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular · from μαρτυρέω · “to testify” · Strong's G3140
  13. εἶναιeinai“to be”
    Verb, present, active, infinitive · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1511
  14. δίκαιοςdikaios“righteous”
    Adjective, nominative, singular, masculine · “just” · Strong's G1342
  15. μαρτυροῦντοςmarturountos“bearing witness”
    Verb, present, active, participle, genitive, singular, masculine · from μαρτυρέω · “to testify” · Strong's G3140
  16. ἐπὶepi“to”
    Preposition · from ἐπί · “upon/to/against” · Strong's G1909
  17. τοῖςtois“the”
    Article, dative, plural, neuter · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  18. δώροιςdōrois“gifts”
    Noun, dative, plural, neuter · from δῶρον · “gift” · Strong's G1435
  19. αὐτοῦautou“of him”
    Personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  20. τοῦtou“<the>”
    Article, genitive, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  21. θεοῦ·theou“God;”
    Noun, genitive, singular, masculine · from θεός · “God” · Strong's G2316
  22. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  23. δι᾽di᾽“through”
    Preposition · from διά · “through/because of” · Strong's G1223
  24. αὐτῆςautēs“it”
    Personal pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  25. ἀποθανὼνapothanōn“having died”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from ἀποθνήσκω · “to die” · Strong's G0599
  26. ἔτιeti“still”
    Adverb · “still” · Strong's G2089
  27. λαλεῖ.lalei“he speaks.”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from λαλέω · “to speak” · Strong's G2980
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)