Hebrews 11:10 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐξεδέχετο	exedecheto	He was awaiting	G1551 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
τοὺς	tous	<the>	G3588 →
θεμελίους	themelious	foundations	G2310 →
ἔχουσαν	echousan	having	G2192 →
πόλιν	polin	city	G4172 →
ἧς	hēs	of which	G3739 →
τεχνίτης	technitēs	[the] architect	G5079 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
δημιουργὸς	dēmiourgos	builder [is]	G1217 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
θεός.¶	theos	God.	G2316 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Philippians 3:20
But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
leads to
- Colossians 3:1–3
  Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ephesians 2:19
  Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
- Hebrews 12:22
  Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 4:18
  So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Through
Hebrews 13:14
For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
leads to
- Philippians 3:20
  But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
John 14:2
In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:1
  Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
- John 13:36
  “Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”
Through
2 Corinthians 5:1
Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
leads to
- Job 19:25–26
  But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Hebrews 13:14For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.Philippians 3:20But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,2 Corinthians 5:1Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.Hebrews 12:22Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels John 14:2In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?Hebrews 11:16Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.Hebrews 3:4And every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.Revelation 21:2I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.Revelation 21:10–27And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”Revelation 21:14The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.Hebrews 12:28Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.Song of Solomon 1:17The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.Isaiah 14:32What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”Hebrews 8:2and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.1 Kings 6:1In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the month of Ziv, the second month of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, he began to build the house of the LORD.Jeremiah 33:2“Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name:

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