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AndΚαὶinasmuch asκαθ’ ὅσονit wasnotοὐwithoutχωρὶςan oathὁρκωμοσίας—forγὰρthose othersοἱhave becomeεἰσὶν γεγονότεςpriestsἱερεῖςwithoutχωρὶςan oath,ὁρκωμοσίας
Hebrews 7:20
Study it in the app“And inasmuch as it was not without an oath —for those others have become priests without an oath,”
With the Greek beneath
Hebrews 7:20, word by word
- withoutχωρὶςchōris
without, apart from
Without, apart from.
Where else “chōris” appears- an oathὁρκωμοσίαςhorkōmosias
oath
An oath; the taking of an oath to confirm something.
Where else “horkōmosias” appears- have becomeεἰσὶνeisin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eisin” appears- have becomeγεγονότεςgegonotes
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “gegonotes” appears- priestsἱερεῖςhiereis
priest
Priest: one who offered the sacrifices in the temple.
Where else “hiereis” appears
The context
19(for the law made nothing perfect), and on the other, the introduction of a better hope, through which we come near to God.
20 · This verse (above)
21but this one with an oath, through the one who said to him: The Lord has sworn and will not relent: You are a priest forever—