Hebrews 7:3

“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.”

Hebrews 7:3 · direct translation from the Greek
Study it in the app

With the Greek beneath

3

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.

Read all of Hebrews 7

How to use it