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By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Reference
Hebrew: ʻim
{adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)}
Greek: ἐλπίς (elpís)
expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence
Hebrew: Nôach
Noach, the patriarch of the flood
Greek: κύριος (kýrios)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
Hebrew: ʼĕlâhh
God
Greek: οὐδαμῶς (oudamōs)
by no means
Hebrew: ʼîyn
is it not?
Greek: καθά (kathá)
according to which things, i.e. just as
Hebrew: tachath
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
Greek: ἀκμήν (akmḗn)
adverbially, just now, i.e. still
Hebrew: ʻăden
till now
Greek: δειλία (deilía)
timidity
Hebrew: chathchath
terror
Greek: ἕτοιμος (hétoimos)
adjusted, i.e. ready
Greek: κιβωτός (kibōtós)
a box, i.e. the sacred ark and that of Noah
Hebrew: ʼârôwn
a box
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: τοῦ (toû)
sometimes used for G5127 (τούτου); of this person
Hebrew: bayith
{a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)}
Hebrew: ʻim
{adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)}
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ὅδε (hóde)
the same, i.e. this or that one (plural these or those); often used as a personal pronoun
Hebrew: hûwʼ
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Hebrew: chedel
rest, i.e. the state of the dead
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: κληρονόμος (klēronómos)
a sharer by lot, i.e. inheritor (literally or figuratively); by implication, a possessor
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosýnē)
equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification
Hebrew: tsidqâh
beneficence
Hebrew: ʻim
{adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)}
Greek: ἐλπίς (elpís)
expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence
Faith
Romans 4:13
Romans 3:22
Galatians 5:5
Parallel theme
Luke 17:26
Proverbs 27:12
Matthew 3:7
Genesis 7:23
References God
1 Peter 3:20
Righteousness
Ezekiel 14:14
Ezekiel 14:20
Verse Explanation
Noah acted in faithful obedience when God warned him about events that had not yet appeared, building the ark and thereby becoming an heir of righteousness through faith while condemning the unbelieving world around him.
History
Pre-Flood period: Noah's generation is traditionally placed before the Flood described in Genesis 6–9.