Hebrews 12:8

εἰ δὲ χωρίς ἐστε παιδείας ἧς μέτοχοι γεγόνασιν πάντες ἄρα νόθοι ἐστε καὶ οὐχ υἱοί
But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
εἰ
G1487 CONJ
ei
if, whether, that, etc
  • if, whether
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
χωρίς
G5565 PREP
chōris
at a space, i.e., separately or apart from (often as preposition)
  • separate, apart
    • without any
      • "besides
ἐστε
G2075
este
ye are
  • second person plural of ___%___to be___%___
παιδείας
G3809 N-GSF
paideia
tutorage, i.e., education or training; by implication, disciplinary correction
  • the whole training and education of children (which relates to the cultivation of mind and morals, and employs for this purpose now commands and admonitions, now reproof and punishment), the training and care of the body
    • "whatever in adults also cultivates the soul (especially by correcting mistakes and curbing passions)
    • instruction which aims at increasing virtue
      • "chastisement, chastening, (of the evils with which God visits men for their amendment)
ἧς
G3739 R-GSF
hos
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
  • who, which, what, that
μέτοχοι
G3353 A-NPM
metochos
participant, i.e., (as noun) a sharer; by implication, an associate
  • sharing in, partaking
    • "a partner (in a work, office, dignity)
γεγόνασιν
G1096 V-2RAI-3P
ginomai
to cause to be (___%___gen___%___-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
  • to become, i.e., to come into existence, begin to be, receive being
    • "to become, i.e., to come to pass, happen
    • of events
    to arise, appear in history, come upon the stage
    • of men appearing in public
    to be made, finished
    • of miracles, to be performed, wrought
    to become, be made
πάντες
G3956 A-NPM
pas
all, any, every, the whole
  • individually
    • each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything
    collectively
    • some of all types
ἄρα
G686 CONJ
ara
a particle denoting an inference more or less decisive (as follows)
  • therefore, so then, wherefore
νόθοι
G3541 A-NPM
nothos
a spurious or illegitimate son
  • illegitimate, bastard
    • "one born, not in lawful wedlock, but of a concubine or female slave
ἐστε
G2075
este
ye are
  • second person plural of ___%___to be___%___
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
οὐχ
G3756 PRT-N
ou
the absolute negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not
  • no, not
υἱοί
G5207 N-NPM
huios
a ___%___son___%___ (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
  • a son
    • rarely used for the young of animals
      • "generally used of the offspring of men"in a restricted sense, the male offspring (one born by a father and of a mother)"in a wider sense, a descendant, one of the posterity of any one,
      • the children of Israel
        • "sons of Abraham
      used to describe one who depends on another or is his follower
      • a pupil
    son of man
    • term describing man, carrying the connotation of weakness and mortality
      • "son of man, symbolically denotes the fifth kingdom in Daniel 7:13 and by this term its humanity is indicated in contrast with the barbarity and ferocity of the four preceding kingdoms (the Babylonian, the Median and the Persian, the Macedonian, and the Roman) typified by the four beasts"used by Christ himself, doubtless in order that he might intimate his Messiahship and also that he might designate himself as the head of the human race, the man, the one who both furnished the pattern of the perfect man and acted on behalf of all mankind
    son of God
    • used to describe Adam (see Luke 3:38)
      • "used to describe those who are born again (see Luke 20:36) and of angels and of Jesus Christ"of those whom God esteems as sons, whom he loves, protects and benefits above others
      • in the Old Testament used of the Jews
        • "in the New Testament of Christians"those whose character God, as a loving father, shapes by chastisements (Hebrews 12:5–8)
      those who revere God as their father, the pious worshipers of God, those who in character and life resemble God, those who are governed by the Spirit of God, repose the same calm and joyful trust in God ...

εἰ δὲ χωρίς ἐστε παιδείας ἧς μέτοχοι γεγόνασιν πάντες ἄρα νόθοι ἐστε καὶ οὐχ υἱοί
8
But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Cross References

Hebrews 12:6

ὃν γὰρ ἀγαπᾷ κύριος παιδεύει μαστιγοῖ δὲ πάντα υἱὸν ὃν παραδέχεται
6
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

1 Peter 5:9

ᾧ ἀντίστητε στερεοὶ τῇ πίστει εἰδότες τὰ αὐτὰ τῶν παθημάτων τῇ ἐν κόσμῳ ὑμῶν ἀδελφότητι ἐπιτελεῖσθαι
9
Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

Psalms 73:1

אַךְ טוֹב לְיִשְׂרָאֵל אֱלֹהִים לְבָרֵי לֵבָֽב׃
1
Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

Psalms 73:14

וָאֱהִי נָגוּעַ כָּל-הַיּוֹם וְתוֹכַחְתִּי לַבְּקָרִֽים׃
14
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
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