Hebrews 8:10

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: putting my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their hearts; and I will be God to them, and they will be a people to me.”

Hebrews 8:10 · direct translation from the Greek
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Hebrews 8:10, word by word

the covenantδιαθήκηdiathēkē

covenant

The agreement with promises and obligations that God makes with his people.

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I will makeδιαθήσομαιdiathēsomai

make covenant

Establish a covenant; draw up a will.

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with the houseοἴκῳoikōi

house

The place where one lives; also the temple, God's dwelling.

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of IsraelἸσραὴλIsraēl

Israel

Israel: the name God gave to Jacob, and the people descended from him.

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those daysἡμέραςhēmeras

lifetime

The time or the years of someone's life.

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saysλέγειlegei

say

To express something in words to others.

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the Lordκύριοςkyrios

Lord

The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.

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puttingδιδοὺςdidous

put

To place something somewhere.

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my lawsνόμουςnomous

law

The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.

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their mindδιάνοιανdianoian

mind, understanding

Mind, understanding.

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writeἐπιγράψωepigrapsō

write on

Write on, inscribe.

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their heartsκαρδίαςkardias

heart

Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.

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I will beἔσομαιesomai

be

To be: says who or what something is.

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Godθεόνtheon

God

The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.

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a peopleλαόνlaon

people

A people, above all Israel, God's people.

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The context

9not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord.

10 · This verse (above)

11And they will never teach, each his fellow citizen and each his brother, saying, Know the Lord, because all will know me, from the least to the greatest of them.

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