Hebrews 10:8

“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—”

Hebrews 10:8 · direct translation from the Greek
Study it in the app

With the Greek beneath

8

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.

Read all of Hebrews 10

How to use it