Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
They desire (oregontai). Present middle indicative of oregw, old word for stretching out after, yearning after as in I Timothy 3:1.
Their God (qeov autwn). Predicate nominative with the epexegetic infinitive epikaleisqai (to be called) used with ouk epaisxunetai (is not ashamed).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Hebrews 11:16:
1 Corinthians 2:9
Ephesians 1:3
1 Timothy 3:1
Hebrews 12:22
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