Hebrews 12:20
Strong's Lexicon
For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

they could not bear
ἔφερον (epheron)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 5342: To carry, bear, bring; I conduct, lead; perhaps: I make publicly known. A primary verb.

what
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

was commanded:
διαστελλόμενον (diastellomenon)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 1291: To give a commission (instructions), order; To admonish, prohibit.

“If even
Κἂν (Kan)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 2579: And if, even if, even, at least. From kai and ean; and if.

an animal
θηρίον (thērion)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2342: Properly: a wild beast, hence: any animal; met: a brute. Diminutive from the same as thera; a dangerous animal.

touches
θίγῃ (thigē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2345: A prolonged form of an obsolete primary thigo; to manipulate, i.e. Have to do with; by implication, to injure.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

mountain,
ὄρους (orous)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3735: A mountain, hill. Probably from an obsolete oro; a mountain: -hill, mount(-ain).

it must be stoned.”
λιθοβοληθήσεται (lithobolēthēsetai)
Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3036: To stone, cast stones (at), kill by stoning. From a compound of lithos and ballo; to throw stones, i.e. Lapidate.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”

Young's Literal Translation
for they were not bearing that which is commanded, ‘And if a beast may touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or with an arrow shot through,’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
for they could not bear what was commanded: And if even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned!

New American Standard Bible
For they could not bear the command, "IF EVEN A BEAST TOUCHES THE MOUNTAIN, IT WILL BE STONED."

King James Bible
(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
Parallel Verses
New International Version
because they could not bear what was commanded: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death."

New Living Translation
They staggered back under God's command: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death."

English Standard Version
For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.”

New American Standard Bible
For they could not bear the command, "IF EVEN A BEAST TOUCHES THE MOUNTAIN, IT WILL BE STONED."

King James Bible
(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
for they could not bear what was commanded: And if even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned!

International Standard Version
For they could not endure the command that was given: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death."

NET Bible
For they could not bear what was commanded: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned."

American Standard Version
for they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;

English Revised Version
for they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;

Young's Literal Translation
for they were not bearing that which is commanded, 'And if a beast may touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or with an arrow shot through,'
















Cross References
Exodus 19:12
And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

Exodus 19:13
There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

Hebrews 1:1
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

Hebrews 12:19
And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

Hebrews 12:18
For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

Hebrews 12:17
For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

Hebrews 12:21
And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)

Hebrews 12:22
But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

Hebrews 12:23
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
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