Hebrews 13:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

So that with good courage we say, The Lord is my helper; {G2532} I will not fear: What shall man do unto me?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὥστε θαρροῦντας ἡμᾶς λέγειν, Κύριος ἐμοὶ βοηθός, καὶ οὐ φοβηθήσομαι τί ποιήσει μοι ἄνθρωπος.

Transliteration

Hōste tharrountas us legein, Kyrios to me boēthos, kai ou phobēthēsomai what poiēsei to me anthrōpos.

Grammar Details

*hōste*: conjunction - so that/therefore
*tharrountas*: present, active, participle, accusative, masculine, plural - being confident/courageous
*legein*: present, active, infinitive - to say/speak
*Kyrios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Lord
*boēthos*: nominative, masculine, singular, noun - helper
*kai*: conjunction - and
*ou*: negative particle - not
*phobēthēsomai*: future, passive, indicative, 1st person, singular - I will fear
*poiēsei*: future, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - will do/make
*anthrōpos*: nominative, masculine, singular - man/human

Word Meanings

*tharrountas*: being confident/courageous/bold/taking courage
*Kyrios*: Lord/Master
*boēthos*: helper/assistant/aid
*phobēthēsomai*: I will fear/be afraid
*poiēsei*: will do/make/perform/accomplish
*anthrōpos*: man/human/person/mankind

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 118:6-9 : 6 Jehovah is on my side; I will not fear: What can man do unto me? 7 Jehovah is on my side among them that help me: Therefore shall I see [my desire] upon them that hate me. 8 It is better to take refuge in Jehovah Than to put confidence in man. 9 It is better to take refuge in Jehovah Than to put confidence in princes.
Isa 41:10 : 10 Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Ps 27:1-3 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, [Even] mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. 3 Though a host should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear: Though war should rise against me, Even then will I be confident.
Rom 8:31 : 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who [is] against us?
Ps 56:4 : 4 In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?
Ps 124:8 : 8 Our help is in the name of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.
Heb 4:16 : 16 Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help [us] in time of need.
Matt 10:28 : 28 And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Ps 33:20 : 20 Our soul hath waited for Jehovah: He is our help and our shield.
Ps 56:11-12 : 11 In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me? 12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee.
Luke 12:4-5 : 4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But I will warn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Ps 63:7 : 7 For thou hast been my help, And in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
Ps 54:4 : 4 Behold, God is my helper: The Lord is of them that uphold my soul.
Dan 3:16-18 : 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter. 17 If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king. 18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Ps 94:17 : 17 Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.
Ps 40:17 : 17 But I am poor and needy; [Yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.
Ps 27:9 : 9 Hide not thy face from me; Put not thy servant away in anger: Thou hast been my help; Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Deut 33:26 : 26 There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, Who rideth upon the heavens for thy help, And in his excellency on the skies.
Deut 33:29 : 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Eph 3:12 : 12 in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.
Gen 15:1 : 1 After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.
Isa 41:14 : 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Heb 10:19 : 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
Ps 115:9-9 : 9 O Israel, trust thou in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield. 10 O house of Aaron, trust ye in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield. 11 Ye that fear Jehovah, trust in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield.
Ps 146:3 : 3 Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Exod 18:4 : 4 and the name of the other was Eliezer; for [he said], The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
Ps 18:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of Jehovah, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said, I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength. 2 Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

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