Hebrews 6:8
Strong's Lexicon
But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

[land that] produces
ἐκφέρουσα (ekpherousa)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1627: To bring out, carry out, sometimes out of the city for burial; I bring forth, bear, produce. From ek and phero; to bear out.

thorns
ἀκάνθας (akanthas)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 173: A thorn-bush, prickly plant; a thorn. Probably from the same as akmen; a thorn.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

thistles
τριβόλους (tribolous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5146: A thistle. From treis and belos; properly, a crow-foot, i.e. a thorny plant.

[is] worthless,
ἀδόκιμος (adokimos)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 96: Failing to pass the test, unapproved, counterfeit. By implication, worthless.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[its] curse
κατάρας (kataras)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2671: Cursing; a curse; meton: a doomed one. From kata and ara; imprecation, execration.

is imminent.
ἐγγύς (engys)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1451: Near. From a primary verb agcho; near.

[In]
ἧς (hēs)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

end
τέλος (telos)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 5056: (a) an end, (b) event or issue, (c) the principal end, aim, purpose, (d) a tax.

it will be burned.
καῦσιν (kausin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2740: A burning up, being burned. From kaio; burning.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.

Young's Literal Translation
and that which is bearing thorns and briers [is] disapproved of, and nigh to cursing, whose end [is] for burning;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and will be burned at the end.

New American Standard Bible
but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned.

King James Bible
But that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected, and [is] nigh unto cursing; whose end [is] to be burned.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned.

New Living Translation
But if a field bears thorns and thistles, it is useless. The farmer will soon condemn that field and burn it.

English Standard Version
But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.

New American Standard Bible
but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned.

King James Bible
But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and will be burned at the end.

International Standard Version
However, if it continues to produce thorns and thistles, it is worthless and in danger of being cursed, and in the end will be burned.

NET Bible
But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; its fate is to be burned.

American Standard Version
but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.

English Revised Version
but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.

Young's Literal Translation
and that which is bearing thorns and briers is disapproved of, and nigh to cursing, whose end is for burning;
















Cross References
Genesis 3:17
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

Deuteronomy 29:22
So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;

2 Samuel 23:7
But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.

Isaiah 27:4
Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

Hebrews 1:1
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

Hebrews 6:7
For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:

Hebrews 6:6
If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

Hebrews 6:5
And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

Hebrews 6:9
But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.

Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

Hebrews 6:11
And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
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