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NASB					Heb 6:8 but if it yields¹⁶²⁷ thorns¹⁷³ and thistles⁵¹⁴⁶, it is worthless^96b and ^Aclose¹⁴⁵¹ ¹to being cursed²⁶⁷¹, and ²it ends⁵⁰⁵⁶ up being burned²⁷⁴⁰.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Heb 6:8 but if it persistently produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned. [Gen 3:17, 18]

NASB Translator's Notes:
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Lit near to a curse

Lit whose end is for burning

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Gen 3:17 Then to Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it';
Cursed is the ground because of you;
In toil you will eat of it
All the days of your life.

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Greek Heb.

96b

adokimos; from 1 (as a neg. pref.) and 1384; not standing the test, rejected:--depraved(1), disqualified(1), fail the test(2), rejected(1), unapproved(1), worthless(2).

173

akantha; from akê (a point, edge); a prickly plant, thorn:--thorn(1), thorns(13).

1451

eggus; of unc. or.; near (in place or time):--close(1), near(27), nearby(1), nearer(1), ready(1).

1627

ekpherô; from 1537 and 5342; to carry out, bring forth:--bring(1), brought(1), carried(2), carry(1), carrying(1), take(1), yields(1).

2671

katara; from 2596 and 685; a curse:--accursed(1), curse(3), cursed(1), cursing(1).

2740

kausis; from 2545; burning:--burned(1).

5056

telos; a prim. word; an end, a toll:--continually*(1), custom(2), customs(1), end(24), ends(2), finished(1), fulfillment(1), goal(1), outcome(6), sum(1), utmost(1).

5146

tribolos; from 5140 and 956b; a thistle:--thistles(2).

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