In Heb. 13:7, is the rendering of the unusual Greek word ekbasin, meaning “outcome”, i.e., death. It occurs only elsewhere in 1 Cor. 10:13, where it is rendered “escape.”
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Concept
End
Hebrew & Greek words with this meaning
- H3615כָּלָהkâlâhto end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
- H3802כָּתֵףkâthêphthe shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything
- H319אַחֲרִיתʼachărîyththe last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
- H657אֶפֶסʼepheçcessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or foot
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