Hebrews 11:37

ἐλιθάσθησαν ἐπρίσθησαν ἐπειράσθησαν ἐν φόνῳ μαχαίρας ἀπέθανον περιῆλθον ἐν μηλωταῖς ἐν αἰγείοις δέρμασιν ὑστερούμενοι θλιβόμενοι κακουχούμενοι
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;
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
ἐλιθάσθησαν
G3034 V-API-3P
lithazō
to lapidate
  • to overwhelm or pelt with stones
    • of stoning, a Jewish mode of punishment
    to pelt one with stones, in order either to wound or kill him
ἐπρίσθησαν
G4249 V-API-3P
prizō
to saw in two
  • to saw, to cut in two with a saw To be ___%___sawn asunder___%___ was a kind of punishment among the Hebrews, which according to tradition was inflicted on the prophet Isaiah
ἐπειράσθησαν
G3985
peirazō
to test (objectively), i.e., endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline
  • to try whether a thing can be done
    • to attempt, endeavor
    to try, make trial of, test: for the purpose of ascertaining his quantity, or what he thinks, or how he will behave himself
    • in a good sense
      • "in a bad sense, to test one maliciously, craftily to put to the proof his feelings or judgments"to try or test one's faith, virtue, character, by enticement to sin
      • to solicit to sin, to tempt
        • of the temptations of the devil
      after the Old Testament usage
      • of God: to inflict evils upon one in order to prove his character and the steadfastness of his faith
        • "men are said to tempt God by exhibitions of distrust, as though they wished to try whether he is not justly distrusted"by impious or wicked conduct to test God's justice and patience, and to challenge him, as it were to give proof of his perfections
ἐν
G1722 PREP
en
___%___in,___%___ at, (up-)on, by, etc
  • in, by, with
φόνῳ
G5408 N-DSM
phonos
murder
  • murder, slaughter
μαχαίρας
G3162
machaira
a knife, i.e., dirk; figuratively, war, judicial punishment
  • a large knife, used for killing animals and cutting up flesh
    • "a small sword, as distinguished from a large sword
    • curved sword, for a cutting stroke
      • "a straight sword, for thrusting
ἀπέθανον
G599 V-2AAI-3P
apothnēskō
to die off (literally or figuratively)
  • to die
    • of the natural death of man
      • "of the violent death of man or animals"to perish by means of something"of trees which dry up, of seeds which rot when planted"of eternal death, to be subject to eternal misery in hell
περιῆλθον
G4022 V-2AAI-3P
perierchomai
to come all around, i.e., stroll, vacillate, veer
  • to go about
    • of strollers
      • "of wanderers"of navigators (making a circuit)
ἐν
G1722 PREP
en
___%___in,___%___ at, (up-)on, by, etc
  • in, by, with
μηλωταῖς
G3374 N-DPF
mēlōtē
a sheep-skin
  • a sheepskin
    • "an outer robe or mantle since most mantles were made of skins
ἐν
G1722 PREP
en
___%___in,___%___ at, (up-)on, by, etc
  • in, by, with
αἰγείοις
G122 A-DPN
aigeios
belonging to a goat
  • of a goat, goatskin
δέρμασιν
G1192 N-DPN
derma
a hide
  • a skin, hide, leather
ὑστερούμενοι
G5302 V-PPP-NPM
hystereō
to be later, i.e., (by implication) to be inferior; generally, to fall short (be deficient)
  • behind
    • to come late or too tardily
      • to be left behind in the race and so fail to reach the goal, to fall short of the end
        • "metaphorically fail to become a partaker, fall back from
      to be inferior in power, influence and rank
      • of the person: to be inferior to
      to fail, be wanting"to be in want of, lack
    to suffer want, to be devoid of, to lack (be inferior) in excellence, worth
θλιβόμενοι
G2346 V-PPP-NPM
thlibō
to crowd (literally or figuratively)
  • to press (as grapes), press hard upon
    • "a compressed way
    • narrow straitened, contracted
    metaphorically to trouble, afflict, distress
κακουχούμενοι
G2558 V-PPP-NPM
kakoucheō
to maltreat
  • to treat ill, oppress, plague

ἐλιθάσθησαν ἐπρίσθησαν ἐπειράσθησαν ἐν φόνῳ μαχαίρας ἀπέθανον περιῆλθον ἐν μηλωταῖς ἐν αἰγείοις δέρμασιν ὑστερούμενοι θλιβόμενοι κακουχούμενοι
37
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;
Cross References

2 Chronicles 24:21

וַיִּקְשְׁרוּ עָלָיו וַיִּרְגְּמֻהוּ אֶבֶן בְּמִצְוַת הַמֶּלֶךְ בַּֽחֲצַר בֵּית יְהוָֽה׃
21
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.

Jeremiah 26:23

וַיּוֹצִיאוּ אֶת-אוּרִיָּהוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם וַיְבִאֻהוּ אֶל-הַמֶּלֶךְ יְהוֹיָקִים וַיַּכֵּהוּ בֶּחָרֶב וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ אֶת-נִבְלָתוֹ אֶל-קִבְרֵי בְּנֵי הָעָֽם׃
23
And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.

1 Kings 19:10

וַיֹּאמֶר קַנֹּא קִנֵּאתִי לַֽיהוָה׀ אֱלֹהֵי צְבָאוֹת כִּֽי-עָזְבוּ בְרִֽיתְךָ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת-מִזְבְּחֹתֶיךָ הָרָסוּ וְאֶת-נְבִיאֶיךָ הָֽרְגוּ בֶחָרֶב וָֽאִוָּתֵר אֲנִי לְבַדִּי וַיְבַקְשׁוּ אֶת-נַפְשִׁי לְקַחְתָּֽהּ׃
10
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

1 Kings 21:13

וַיָּבֹאוּ שְׁנֵי הָֽאֲנָשִׁים בְּנֵֽי-בְלִיַּעַל וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ נֶגְדּוֹ וַיְעִדֻהוּ אַנְשֵׁי הַבְּלִיַּעַל אֶת-נָבוֹת נֶגֶד הָעָם לֵאמֹר בֵּרַךְ נָבוֹת אֱלֹהִים וָמֶלֶךְ וַיֹּֽצִאֻהוּ מִחוּץ לָעִיר וַיִּסְקְלֻהוּ בָֽאֲבָנִים וַיָּמֹֽת׃
13
And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

2 Kings 1:8

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ אֵלָיו אִישׁ בַּעַל שֵׂעָר וְאֵזוֹר עוֹר אָזוּר בְּמָתְנָיו וַיֹּאמַר אֵֽלִיָּה הַתִּשְׁבִּי הֽוּא׃
8
And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

1 Kings 21:10

וְהוֹשִׁיבוּ שְׁנַיִם אֲנָשִׁים בְּנֵֽי-בְלִיַּעַל נֶגְדּוֹ וִֽיעִדֻהוּ לֵאמֹר בֵּרַכְתָּ אֱלֹהִים וָמֶלֶךְ וְהֽוֹצִיאֻהוּ וְסִקְלֻהוּ וְיָמֹֽת׃
10
And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

Acts 7:52

τίνα τῶν προφητῶν οὐκ ἐδίωξαν οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν καὶ ἀπέκτειναν τοὺς προκαταγγείλαντας περὶ τῆς ἐλεύσεως τοῦ δικαίου οὗ νῦν ὑμεῖς προδόται καὶ φονεῖς γεγένησθε·
52
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of Just the One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

1 Kings 19:14

וַיֹּאמֶר קַנֹּא קִנֵּאתִי לַֽיהוָה׀ אֱלֹהֵי צְבָאוֹת כִּֽי-עָזְבוּ בְרִֽיתְךָ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת-מִזְבְּחֹתֶיךָ הָרָסוּ וְאֶת-נְבִיאֶיךָ הָֽרְגוּ בֶחָרֶב וָֽאִוָּתֵר אֲנִי לְבַדִּי וַיְבַקְשׁוּ אֶת-נַפְשִׁי לְקַחְתָּֽהּ׃
14
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

Revelation 11:3

καὶ δώσω τοῖς δυσὶν μάρτυσίν μου καὶ προφητεύσουσιν ἡμέρας χιλίας διακοσίας ἑξήκοντα περιβεβλημένοι σάκκους
3
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

1 Kings 18:4

וַֽיְהִי בְּהַכְרִית אִיזֶבֶל אֵת נְבִיאֵי יְהוָה וַיִּקַּח עֹֽבַדְיָהוּ מֵאָה נְבִיאִים וַֽיַּחְבִּיאֵם חֲמִשִּׁים אִישׁ בַּמְּעָרָה וְכִלְכְּלָם לֶחֶם וָמָֽיִם׃
4
For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

Luke 11:51

ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος Ἅβελ ἕως τοῦ αἵματος Ζαχαρίου τοῦ ἀπολομένου μεταξὺ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου καὶ τοῦ οἴκου· ναί λέγω ὑμῖν ἐκζητηθήσεται ἀπὸ τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης
51
From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

Acts 14:19

Ἐπῆλθον δὲ ἀπὸ Ἀντιοχείας καὶ Ἰκονίου Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ πείσαντες τοὺς ὄχλους καὶ λιθάσαντες τὸν Παῦλον ἔσυρον ἔξω τῆς πόλεως νομίσαντες αὐτὸν τεθνάναι
19
And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.

2 Corinthians 11:23

διάκονοι Χριστοῦ εἰσιν παραφρονῶν λαλῶ ὑπὲρ ἐγώ· ἐν κόποις περισσοτέρως ἐν πληγαῖς ὑπερβαλλόντως ἐν φυλακαῖς περισσοτέρως ἐν θανάτοις πολλάκις
23
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

Luke 13:34

Ἰερουσαλὴμ Ἰερουσαλήμ ἡ ἀποκτείνουσα τοὺς προφήτας καὶ λιθοβολοῦσα τοὺς ἀπεσταλμένους πρὸς αὐτήν ποσάκις ἠθέλησα ἐπισυνάξαι τὰ τέκνα σου ὃν τρόπον ὄρνις τὴν ἑαυτῆς νοσσιὰν ὑπὸ τὰς πτέρυγας καὶ οὐκ ἠθελήσατε
34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered together, thy children as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

1 Kings 19:1

וַיַּגֵּד אַחְאָב לְאִיזֶבֶל אֵת כָּל-אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה אֵֽלִיָּהוּ וְאֵת כָּל-אֲשֶׁר הָרַג אֶת-כָּל-הַנְּבִיאִים בֶּחָֽרֶב׃
1
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

Zechariah 13:9

וְהֵבֵאתִי אֶת-הַשְּׁלִשִׁית בָּאֵשׁ וּצְרַפְתִּים כִּצְרֹף אֶת-הַכֶּסֶף וּבְחַנְתִּים כִּבְחֹן אֶת-הַזָּהָב הוּא׀ יִקְרָא בִשְׁמִי וַֽאֲנִי אֶעֱנֶה אֹתוֹ אָמַרְתִּי עַמִּי הוּא וְהוּא יֹאמַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהָֽי׃
9
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

Matthew 3:4

Αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Ἰωάννης εἶχεν τὸ ἔνδυμα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τριχῶν καμήλου καὶ ζώνην δερματίνην περὶ τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ ἡ δὲ τροφὴ αὐτοῦ ἦν ἀκρίδες καὶ μέλι ἄγριον
4
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

Jeremiah 2:30

לַשָּׁוְא הִכֵּיתִי אֶת-בְּנֵיכֶם מוּסָר לֹא לָקָחוּ אָכְלָה חַרְבְּכֶם נְבִֽיאֵיכֶם כְּאַרְיֵה מַשְׁחִֽית׃
30
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

Matthew 8:20

καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς Αἱ ἀλώπεκες φωλεοὺς ἔχουσιν καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατασκηνώσεις ὁ δὲ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἔχει ποῦ τὴν κεφαλὴν κλίνῃ
20
And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

2 Corinthians 12:10

διὸ εὐδοκῶ ἐν ἀσθενείαις ἐν ὕβρεσιν ἐν ἀνάγκαις ἐν διωγμοῖς ἐν στενοχωρίαις ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ· ὅταν γὰρ ἀσθενῶ τότε δυνατός εἰμι
10
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
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