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whoὃςhas become oneγέγονενnotοὐaccording toκατὰa lawνόμονof fleshlyσαρκίνηςcommandment,ἐντολῆςbutἀλλὰaccording toκατὰthe powerδύναμινof an indestructibleἀκαταλύτουlife.ζωῆς
Hebrews 7:16
Study it in the app“who has become one not according to a law of fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an indestructible life.”
With the Greek beneath
Hebrews 7:16, word by word
- has become oneγέγονενgegonen
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “gegonen” appears- a lawνόμονnomon
law
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomon” appears- of fleshlyσαρκίνηςsarkinēs
of flesh
Made of the human body, not of stone.
Where else “sarkinēs” appears- commandmentἐντολῆςentolēs
commandment
What God or Jesus orders to be done, with his authority, to be carried out.
Where else “entolēs” appears- the powerδύναμινdynamin
power
The strength to act, above all that of God and his Spirit.
Where else “dynamin” appears- of an indestructibleἀκαταλύτουakatalytou
indestructible
Indestructible: that cannot be dissolved or destroyed.
Where else “akatalytou” appears- lifeζωῆςzōēs
eternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōēs” appears
The context
15And it is even more evident if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,
16 · This verse (above)
17For it is testified: You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.