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Forγὰρeveryπᾶςhigh priestἀρχιερεὺςis appointedκαθίσταταιtoεἰς τὸofferπροσφέρεινgiftsδῶράandτε καὶsacrifices;θυσίαςthereforeὅθενit isnecessaryἀναγκαῖονfor this oneτοῦτονalsoκαὶto haveἔχεινsomethingτιthatὃhe may offer.προσενέγκῃ
Hebrews 8:3
Study it in the app“For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; therefore it is necessary for this one also to have something that he may offer.”
With the Greek beneath
Hebrews 8:3, word by word
- high priestἀρχιερεὺςarchiereus
high priest
The chief of the priests; Jesus is that forever.
Where else “archiereus” appears- is appointedκαθίσταταιkathistatai
appoint
To charge someone with something.
Where else “kathistatai” appears- offerπροσφέρεινprospherein
offer
To present a sacrifice or gift to God.
Where else “prospherein” appears- giftsδῶράdōra
offering
What is given to God.
Where else “dōra” appears- sacrificesθυσίαςthysias
sacrifice
What was offered to God on the altar.
Where else “thysias” appears- thereforeὅθενhothen
therefore
Shows that what follows results from what was said before.
Where else “hothen” appears- necessaryἀναγκαῖονanankaion
necessary
Indispensable.
Where else “anankaion” appears- to haveἔχεινechein
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echein” appears
The context
2a minister of the holy place and of the true tent, which the Lord pitched, not a human being.
3 · This verse (above)
4So if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the law;