New American Standard Bible 1995

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Hebrews

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In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
In the days day N-DFP H2250 ἡμέραις ēmerais
of His flesh, flesh N-GFS H4561 σαρκὸς sarkos
He offered to bring to, i.e. to offer V-APA-NMS H4374 προσενέγκας prosenenkas
up both and (denotes addition or connection) Conj H5037 τε te
prayers a need, entreaty N-AFP H1162 δεήσεις deēseis
and supplications supplication N-AFP H2428 ἱκετηρίας iketērias
with loud strong, mighty Adj-GFS H2478 ἰσχυρᾶς ischuras
crying an outcry N-GFS H2906 κραυγῆς kraugēs
and tears a teardrop N-GNP H1144 δακρύων dakruōn
to the One able to be able, to have power V-PPM/P-AMS H1410 δυνάμενον dunamenon
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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to save to save V-PNA H4982 σῴζειν sōzein
Him from death, death N-GMS H2288 θανάτου thanatou
and He was heard to listen, to obey V-APP-NMS H1522 εἰσακουσθεὶς eisakoustheis
because from, away from Prep H575 ἀπὸ apo
of His piety. caution N-GFS H2124 εὐλαβείας eulabeias

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New American Standard Bible 1995 In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety.
King James Bible In Who in the days of His his flesh, He when he had offered up both prayers and supplications with loud strong crying and tears to the One unto him that was able to save Him him from death, and He was heard because of His piety.in that he feared;
Berean Bible In He in the days of His flesh, He having offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One being able to save Him from death, and He was having been heard because of His piety.reverent submission,
Hebrew Greek English In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety.