When he saidλέγωνabove:ἀνώτερονSacrificesΘυσίαςandκαὶofferingsπροσφορὰςandκαὶwhole burnt offeringsὁλοκαυτώματαandκαὶofferings forπερὶsinἁμαρτίαςyou did notοὐκwant,ἠθέλησαςnorοὐδὲdid you take pleasure in themεὐδόκησας—theseαἵτινεςare offeredπροσφέρονταιaccording toκατὰthe law—νόμον
Hebrews 10:8
Study it in the app“When he said above: Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin you did not want, nor did you take pleasure in them —these are offered according to the law—”
With the Greek beneath
Hebrews 10:8, word by word
- When he saidλέγωνlegōn
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legōn” appears- aboveἀνώτερονanōteron
above
Earlier, in what was already said.
Where else “anōteron” appears- SacrificesΘυσίαςThysias
sacrifice
What was offered to God on the altar.
Where else “Thysias” appears- offeringsπροσφορὰςprosphoras
offering
Offering: what is presented to God.
Where else “prosphoras” appears- whole burnt offeringsὁλοκαυτώματαholokautōmata
burnt offering
Burnt offering: an offering burned whole.
Where else “holokautōmata” appears- sinἁμαρτίαςhamartias
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartias” appears- wantἠθέλησαςēthelēsas
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “ēthelēsas” appears- did you take pleasure in themεὐδόκησαςeudokēsas
be pleased
To delight in someone, as the Father in his Son.
Where else “eudokēsas” appears- are offeredπροσφέρονταιprospherontai
offer
To present a sacrifice or gift to God.
Where else “prospherontai” appears- the law—νόμονnomon
law
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomon” appears
The context
7Then I said: Look, I have come —in the scroll of the book it is written about me— to do, O God, your will.
8 · This verse (above)
9then he has said: Look, I have come to do your will. He abolishes the first in order to establish the second.