Hebrews 2:15

Hebrews 2:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
• New International Version (NIV)and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

Context of Hebrews 2:15

13And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me. 14Since then the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 16For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. 17Therefore in all things it behoved him to be made like his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 2:15 word by word

καὶ ἀπαλλάξῃ τούτους ὅσοι φόβῳ θανάτου διὰ παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν ἔνοχοι ἦσαν δουλείας.Read the interlinear

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• deliverἀπαλλάσσωapallassō · to releaseG525
• themτούτουςtoutous · theseG5128
• whoὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• throughδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• fearφόβοςphobos · fearG5401
• deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288
• wereἦνēn · wasG2258
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• lifetimeζάωzaō · to liveG2198
• subjectἔνοχοςenochos · liable forG1777
• bondageδουλείαdouleia · slaveryG1397

Cross-references for Hebrews 2:15

• Job 33:21His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
• Psalms 33:19To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
• Psalms 56:13For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt thou not deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
• Psalms 89:48What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
• Luke 1:74That he would grant to us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
• 2 Corinthians 1:10Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us ;
• Job 18:11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
• Job 24:17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one knoweth them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
• Psalms 55:4My heart is greatly pained within me: and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
• Psalms 73:19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
• 1 Corinthians 15:50Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
• Romans 8:15For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, by which we cry, Abba, Father.
• Galatians 4:21Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
• 2 Timothy 1:7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Commentaries on Hebrews 2:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15And deliver them who through fear of death - It is very likely that the apostle has the Gentiles here principally in view. As they had no revelation, and no certainty of immortality, they were continually in bondage to the fear of death. They preferred life in any state, with the most grievous evils, to death, because they had no hope beyond the grave. But it is also true that all men naturally fear death; even those that have the fullest persuasion and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15And deliver them - Not all of them “in fact,” though the way is open for all. This deliverance relates: (1) to the dread of death. He came to free them from that. (2) from death itself - that is, ultimately to bring them to a world where death shall be unknown. The dread of death may be removed by the work of Christ, and they who had been subject to constant alarms on account of it may be brought to look on it with calmness and peace; and ultimately they…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-18Verses 14-18 The angels fell, and remained without hope or help. Christ never designed to be the Saviour of the fallen angels, therefore he did not take their nature; and the nature of angels could not be an atoning sacrifice for the sin of man. Here is a price paid, enough for all, and suitable to all, for it was in our nature. Here the wonderful love of God appeared, that, when Christ knew what he must suffer in our nature, and how he must die in it…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-15The death of the Son of God as a sacrifice for sin weakened the devil's power. It made the devil's power over death ineffective (1 Corinthians 15:56). Philo, a first-century Jewish philosopher, wrote that "nothing enslaves the mind like fearing death" (Philo, That Every Good Person Is Free 3.22). Through his sacrificial death, Christ freed those who were slaves to the fear of dying.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. fear of death--even before they had experienced its actual power. all their lifetime--Such a life can hardly be called life. subject to bondage--literally, "subjects of bondage"; not merely liable to it, but enthralled in it (compare Ro 8:15; Ga 5:1). Contrast with this bondage, the glory of the "sons" (He 2:10). "Bondage" is defined by Aristotle, "The living not as one chooses"; "liberty," "the living as one chooses." Christ by delivering us from the…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 2:15

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Death
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Righteous
• Salvation
• War

In the dictionaries

• Adoption
• Bondage
• Heed
• Neglect
• Recompense
• Reconciliation
• Taste
• Congregation
• Death
• Ebionism; Ebionites

Commentaries on Hebrews 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings