Hebrews 1:5

“For to which of the angels did he ever say: You are my Son; today I have begotten you? And again: I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to me?”

Hebrews 1:5 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · 2 Samuel 7:14

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Hebrews quotes the first half of 2 Samuel 7:14, after Psalm 2:7.

Formula: καὶ πάλιν “and again” (Hebrews 1:5)

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Greek of the New Testament: Τίνι γὰρ εἶπέν ποτε τῶν ἀγγέλων Υἱός μου εἶ σύ ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε καὶ πάλιν Ἐγὼ ἔσομαι αὐτῷ εἰς πατέρα καὶ αὐτὸς ἔσται μοι εἰς υἱόν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): אֲנִי אֶהְיֶה לּוֹ לְאָב וְהוּא יִהְיֶה לִּי לְבֵן אֲשֶׁר בְּהַעֲוֺתוֹ וְהֹכַחְתִּיו בְּשֵׁבֶט אֲנָשִׁים וּבְנִגְעֵי בְּנֵי אָדָם

Septuagint (2 Samuel 7:14 in the Septuagint numbering): ἐγὼ ἔσομαι αὐτῷ εἰς πατέρα καὶ ἔσται μοι εἰς υἱόν· καὶ ἐὰν ἔλθῃ ἀδικία αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐλέγξω αὐτὸν ἐν ῥάβδῳ ἀνδρῶν καὶ ἐν ἁφαῖς υἱῶν ἀνθρώπων,

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 6 consecutive words: “Ἐγὼ ἔσομαι αὐτῷ εἰς πατέρα καὶ.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Quotation · Psalms 2:7

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The second half of Psalm 2:7 is quoted, words of YHWH to the king: “You are my son; today I have begotten you.”

Formula: Τίνι γὰρ εἶπέν ποτε τῶν ἀγγέλων “to which of the angels did he ever say…?” (Hebrews 1:5)

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Greek of the New Testament: Τίνι γὰρ εἶπέν ποτε τῶν ἀγγέλων Υἱός μου εἶ σύ ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε καὶ πάλιν Ἐγὼ ἔσομαι αὐτῷ εἰς πατέρα καὶ αὐτὸς ἔσται μοι εἰς υἱόν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): אֲסַפְּרָה אֶל חֹק יְהוָה אָמַר אֵלַי בְּנִי אַתָּה אֲנִי הַיּוֹם יְלִדְתִּיךָ

Septuagint (Psalms 2:7 in the Septuagint numbering): διαγγέλλων τὸ πρόσταγμα Κυρίου. Κύριος εἶπεν πρὸς μέ ⁷ἰός μου εἶ σύ, ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε·

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 7 consecutive words: “μου εἶ σύ ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Hebrews 1:5, word by word

of the angelsἀγγέλωνangelōn

angel

A messenger from heaven who serves God.

Where else “angelōn” appears
did he ever sayεἶπένeipen

say

To express something in words to others.

Where else “eipen” appears
did he ever sayποτεpote

once, formerly

Once, formerly; ever, at some time.

Where else “pote” appears
areεἶei

be

To be: says who or what something is.

Where else “ei” appears
my SonΥἱόςHuios

Son

Jesus, the Son of God.

Where else “Huios” appears
todayσήμερονsēmeron

today

Today.

Where else “sēmeron” appears
have begottenγεγέννηκάgegennēka

father

To have a son, or be his ancestor.

Where else “gegennēka” appears
againπάλινpalin

again

Once more, repeating what came before.

Where else “palin” appears
a fatherπατέραpatera

Father

God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.

Where else “patera” appears

Translation note

Quotations of Psalm 2:7 (as in Acts 13:33) and of 2 Samuel 7:14.

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Quotation · 2 Samuel 7:14

Hebrews quotes the first half of 2 Samuel 7:14, after Psalm 2:7.

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Hebrews 1:5

5For to which of the angels did he ever say: You are my Son; today I have begotten you? And again: I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to me?

2 Samuel 7:14

14I will be to him a father, and he will be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will rebuke him with the rod of men and with the blows of human beings,

Quotation · Psalms 2:7

The second half of Psalm 2:7 is quoted, words of YHWH to the king: “You are my son; today I have begotten you.”

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Hebrews 1:5

5For to which of the angels did he ever say: You are my Son; today I have begotten you? And again: I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to me?

Psalms 2:7

7I will recount the statute: YHWH said to me, “You are my son; today I have begotten you.

The context

4having become as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

5 · This verse (above)

6And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says: And let all God’s angels worship him.

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