Hebrews 5:12
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.”
χρόνος
a space of time (in general, and thus properly distinguished from G2540 (καιρός), which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from G165 (αἰών), which denotes a particular period) or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay
θεός
of God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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γίνομαι
you have become
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γίνομαι
To become, to come into being, to happen. Ginomai. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. What is true in heaven is meant to become true on earth through prayer.
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πάλιν
again
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πάλιν
Again, once more, anew. Palin. Rejoice in the Lord always. And again I say rejoice. Some commands are worth repeating. Joy is always appropriate for those who know God.
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ἔχω
those] having
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ἔχω
To have, to hold, to possess. I have learned in whatever state I am to be content. Contentment is not about having more but appreciating what you have.
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διδάσκω
to teach
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διδάσκω
To teach, to instruct. Didasko. Go and make disciples teaching them. The Great Commission is not just evangelism. It is ongoing teaching and formation.
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στοιχεῖον
principles
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στοιχεῖον
something orderly in arrangement, i.e. (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively)
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ὀφείλω
you ought
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ὀφείλω
to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty
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χρεία
need
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χρεία
employment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution
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τροφή
food.
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τροφή
nourishment (literally or figuratively); by implication, rations (wages)
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στερεός
of solid
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στερεός
stiff, i.e. solid, stable (literally or figuratively)
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διδάσκαλος
teachers
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διδάσκαλος
an instructor (genitive case or specially)
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τὶς
what is
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τὶς
some or any person or object
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λόγιον
oracles
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λόγιον
an utterance (of God)
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γάλα
of milk
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γάλα
milk (figuratively)
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εἶναι
to be
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εἶναι
to exist
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