Heb 11:38 | RWP | e4.org | Of whom the world was not worthy ( ων ουκ ην αξιος ο κοσμος ) Graphic picture in a short parenthetical relative clause ( ων , genitive plural with αξιος ), a phrase to stir the blood of the readers. Wandering ( πλανωμενο ). Present middle participle of πλαναω , like lost sheep, hunted by wolves. Caves ( σπηλαιοις ). Old word from σπεος (cavern) as in . Holes ( οπαις ). Old word, perhaps from οπς (root of οραω , to see), opening, in N.T. only here and . Cf. ; II Macc. 5:27; 10:6 (about Judas Maccabeus and others).

‏ Hebrews 11:38

Of whom the world was not worthy ( ων ουκ ην αξιος ο κοσμος ) Graphic picture in a short parenthetical relative clause ( ων, genitive plural with αξιος ), a phrase to stir the blood of the readers.

Wandering ( πλανωμενο ). Present middle participle of πλαναω, like lost sheep, hunted by wolves.

Caves ( σπηλαιοις ). Old word from σπεος (cavern) as in Mt 21:13.

Holes ( οπαις ). Old word, perhaps from οπς (root of οραω, to see), opening, in N.T. only here and Jas 3:11. Cf. 1Ki 18:4; II Macc. 5:27; 10:6 (about Judas Maccabeus and others).