without father,ἀπάτωρwithout mother,ἀμήτωρwithout genealogy,ἀγενεαλόγητοςhavingἔχωνneitherμήτεbeginningἀρχὴνof daysἡμερῶνnorμήτεendτέλοςof life,ζωῆςbutδὲmade likeἀφωμοιωμένοςthe Sonτῷ υἱῷof God,τοῦ θεοῦhe remainsμένειa priestἱερεὺςfor all time.εἰς τὸ διηνεκές
Hebrews 7:3
Study it in the app“without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.”
With the Greek beneath
Hebrews 7:3, word by word
- without fatherἀπάτωρapatōr
without father
Without a father; without a recorded father.
Where else “apatōr” appears- without motherἀμήτωρamētōr
without mother
Without a mother; without a recorded mother.
Where else “amētōr” appears- without genealogyἀγενεαλόγητοςagenealogētos
without genealogy
Without a genealogy: with no recorded line of descent.
Where else “agenealogētos” appears- havingἔχωνechōn
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echōn” appears- beginningἀρχὴνarchēn
beginning
The point where something starts: its first moment.
Where else “archēn” appears- of daysἡμερῶνhēmerōn
lifetime
The time or the years of someone's life.
Where else “hēmerōn” appears- endτέλοςtelos
end
The end of something.
Where else “telos” appears- of lifeζωῆςzōēs
eternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōēs” appears- made likeἀφωμοιωμένοςaphōmoiōmenos
make like
Make like, make similar.
Where else “aphōmoiōmenos” appears- the Sonυἱῷhuiōi
Son
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huiōi” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- he remainsμένειmenei
stay
Not to move from a place, to go on staying there.
Where else “menei” appears- a priestἱερεὺςhiereus
priest
Priest: one who offered the sacrifices in the temple.
Where else “hiereus” appears- for all timeδιηνεκέςdiēnekes
continually, forever
Continuous, without interruption; "for all time", without a break.
Where else “diēnekes” appears
Translation note
It can be understood to refer to the fact that Genesis 14:18-20 does not mention his parents, his lineage, his birth or his death.
The context
2to whom Abraham also apportioned a tenth of everything; his name, first, translated, is king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, that is, king of peace;
3 · This verse (above)
4See then how great this one was, to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils.