Hebrews 11:10
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
KJV
ἐξεδέχετο γὰρ τὴν τοὺς θεμελίους ἔχουσαν πόλιν, ἧς τεχνίτης καὶ δημιουργὸς ὁ θεός.
Greek NT
Exspectabat enim fundamenta habentem civitatem : cujus artifex et conditor Deus.
Vulgate
for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
ASV
For he looked for a city that hath foundations: whose builder and maker is God.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δημιουργός
demiourgos
noun · 1×
θεμέλιος
themelios
noun · 16×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
πόλις
polis
noun · 164×
τεχνίτης
technites
noun · 4×
ἐκδέχομαι
ekdechomai
verb · 6×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Preface, Explaining His Design in Undertaking This Work. The glorious city of God2828 [Augustin uses the term civitas Dei (πόλις θεοῦ) of the church universal as a commonwealth and community founded and governed by God. It is applied in the Bible to Jerusalem or the church of the Old Covenant (Ps. xl. 6, 4; xlviii. 1, 8; lxxxvii. 3), and to the heavenly Jerusalem or the church …
He saith to me, "You know that you, who are the servants of God, are dwelling in a foreign land. For your city is far from this city. If then ye know your city in which ye shall dwell, why do ye here prepare fields and expensive displays and buildings and dwelling-chambers which are superfluous?"
Cross-references
- 2Cor 5:1 — For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
- 2Cor 5:1 — For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
- 2Tim 2:19 — Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
- Heb 3:4 — For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
- Heb 11:16 — But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
- Heb 12:22 — But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
- Heb 12:22 — But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
- Heb 12:28 — Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
- Heb 13:14 — For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
- Isa 14:32 — What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
- John 14:2 — In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
- John 14:2 — In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
- Phil 3:20 — For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
- Rev 21:2 — And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
- Rev 21:2 — And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
- Rev 21:10 — And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
- Rev 21:14 — And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
- Song 1:17 — The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.