UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: μυελός; -οῦ

Sense 1: marrow

Semantic entry: 8.62

Semantic domains: Body, Body Parts, and Body Products

Subdomains: Parts of the Body

Definition: the soft material that fills the cavity in the bones

Notes: There are certain problems, however, involved in the rendering of OET HEB 4:12, for strictly speaking there is no one point at which joints and marrow may be separated. Similarly, the expression ‘to where joints and marrow come together’ seems rather anomalous, since the joints bring together various bones, but they are not joined together with marrow. This passage in OET HEB 4:12 is essentially figurative in that it is speaking of the word of God being sharper than a two-edged sword cutting all the way through to where soul and spirit meet, and this is described as being parallel to where joints and marrow come together. Perhaps one can best state this in some languages as ‘to where the joints and the marrow are,’ thus suggesting that part of the human body farthest from the surface.

Show passage in OET: HEB 4:12

OET-RV HEB 4:12

12 because God’s message is living and active and sharper than any high-quality sword, even penetrating to divide the soul and spirit—like separating the bone from sinews—and able to judge a person’s inner thoughts and intentions.

OET-LV HEB 4:12

12 For/Because living is the message of_ the _god, and active, and sharper, beyond any sword double _edged, even penetrating until the_division of _soul and spirit, of _joints both and marrows, and able _to _judge of_the_thoughts and intentions of_the_heart.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

μυελός

Form 1

Sense 1: marrow