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Hebrews 11:8-16

8ByfaithΠίστειPisteiG4102AbrahamἈβραὰμAbraamG11,beingcalledκαλούμενοςkaloumenosG2564,obeyedὑπήκουσενhupēkousenG5219togoG1831outintotheplaceτόπονtoponG5117whichhewastoreceiveλαμβάνεινlambaneinG2983foraninheritanceκληρονομίανklēronomianG2817,andwentG1831out,notknowingἐπιστάμενοςepistamenosG1987whereποῦpouG4226hewasgoing.

9ByfaithΠίστειPisteiG4102hesojournedasastrangerG245inthelandγῆνgēnG1093ofpromiseἐπαγγελίαςepangeliasG1860asaforeigncountry, having dweltintentswithIsaacἸσαὰκIsaakG2464andJacobἸακὼβIakōbG2384,theheirswith[him]ofthesameαὐτῆς·autēsG846promiseἐπαγγελίαςepangeliasG1860;

10forhewaitedforthecityπόλινpolinG4172whichhasfoundationsθεμελίουςthemeliousG2310,ofwhichGodθεός.¶theosG2316is[the] artificerandconstructor.

11ByfaithΠίστειPisteiG4102alsoG2532SarahΣάρραSarraG4564herselfreceivedG2983strengthfor[the] conceptionofseedσπέρματοςspermatosG4690,and[that]beyondaseasonableage;sinceshecountedhimfaithfulπιστὸνpistonG4103whopromisedG1861.

12WhereforealsoG2532therehavebeenbornG1080ofoneἑνὸςhenosG1520,andthatofoneG1520becomedead,evenG2532asthestarsἄστραastraG798ofheavenοὐρανοῦouranouG3772inmultitudeπλήθειplētheiG4128,andasthecountlesssandἄμμοςammosG285which[is]bytheseaθαλάσσηςthalassēsG2281shore.

13AllthesediedG599infaithπίστινpistinG4102,nothavingreceivedG2983thepromisesG1860,buthavingseenG3708themfromafaroffandembraced [them],andconfessedG3670thattheywereG1510strangersξένοιxenoiG3581andsojournersontheearthγῆς.gēsG1093.

14FortheywhosayλέγοντεςlegontesG3004suchτοιαῦταtoiautaG5108thingsG5108shew clearlythattheyseekἐπιζητοῦσιν.epizētousinG1934[their]country.

15Andiftheyhadcalledtomindthatfromwhencetheywentout,theyhadhadopportunityκαιρὸνkaironG2540tohavereturned;

16butnowG1161theyseekabetter,thatisG1510,aheavenlyἐπουρανίου·epouraniouG2032;whereforeGodθεὸςtheosG2316isG1510notashamedἐπαισχύνεταιepaischunetaiG1870ofthem,tobeG1510calledἐπικαλεῖσθαιepikaleisthaiG1941theirGodθεὸςtheosG2316;forhehaspreparedG2090forthemacityπόλιν.¶polinG4172.

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