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“FORSAKING ASSEMBLY” STUDY

Hebrews 10:25 “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.”

Greek:

  “forsaking”- eqkataleipo = to leave down in; to leave behind; to

                         desert; to give up; to utterly forsake and abandon.  It is a

                         strong word indicating a permanent state.

  “assembling”- episunagoge meaning , coming together; coming

       together of ourselves; gathering together; to assemble;    

       to draw together; to meet with.

  “as the manner of some is”- ethos meaning custom or habit.

  “exhorting”- parakaleo meaning to exhort in assembly; call near; to

    call for; to call to one’s side; to appeal; to ask; to exhort;

    to beseech; to beg; to urge; to request, to summon.

             “so much the more”- tsoutoi mallon hosoi meaning by so much the

        more as.

               “see the day approaching”- eggizousan ten hemeran meaning The day

         drawing nigh; drawing near the

         day; Second Coming of Christ.  

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