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Noah had faith. So he built an ark to save his family. He built it because of his great respect for God. God had warned him about things that could not yet be seen. Because of his faith he showed the world that it was guilty. Because of his faith he was considered right with God.
Reference
Hebrew: Nôach
Noach, the patriarch of the flood
Greek: ἐλπίς (elpís)
expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence
Hebrew: kᵉnêmâʼ
so or thus
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: κιβωτός (kibōtós)
a box, i.e. the sacred ark and that of Noah
Hebrew: ʼârôwn
a box
Greek: τοῦ (toû)
sometimes used for G5127 (τούτου); of this person
Greek: πατριά (patriá)
paternal descent, i.e. (concretely) a group of families or a whole race (nation)
Hebrew: ʼeleph
a family; also (from the sense of yoking or taming) an ox or cow
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
Hebrew: hêm
they (only used when emphatic)
Hebrew: gâlâl
a circumstance (as rolled around); only used adverbially, on account of
Greek: τοῦ (toû)
sometimes used for G5127 (τούτου); of this person
Hebrew: gâdêl
large (literally or figuratively)
Hebrew: massôʼ
partiality (as a lifting up)
Greek: ἀντί (antí)
opposite, i.e. instead or because of (rarely in addition to)
Hebrew: bᵉmôw
in, with, by, etc.
Greek: κύριος (kýrios)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
Hebrew: ʼĕlâhh
God
Greek: κύριος (kýrios)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
Hebrew: ʼĕlâhh
God
Greek: τοῦτον (toûton)
this (person, as objective of verb or preposition)
Greek: πρός (prós)
a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated)
Hebrew: ʼêl
near, with or among; often in general, to
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Greek: μήπω (mḗpō)
not yet
Greek: ἤμην (ḗmēn)
I was
Hebrew: hâvâʼ
to be (in the sense of existence)
Hebrew: gâlâl
a circumstance (as rolled around); only used adverbially, on account of
Greek: τοῦ (toû)
sometimes used for G5127 (τούτου); of this person
Greek: ἐλπίς (elpís)
expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence
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
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Hebrew: hêm
they (only used when emphatic)
Greek: ὑπόδικος (hypódikos)
under sentence, i.e. (by implication) condemned
Hebrew: gâlâl
a circumstance (as rolled around); only used adverbially, on account of
Greek: τοῦ (toû)
sometimes used for G5127 (τούτου); of this person
Greek: ἐλπίς (elpís)
expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence
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: κύριος (kýrios)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
Hebrew: ʼĕlâhh
God
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.