notοὐlikeκατὰthe covenantτὴν διαθήκηνthatἣνI madeἐποίησαwith their fathersτοῖς πατράσιν αὐτῶνonἐνthe dayἡμέρᾳI tookἐπιλαβομένου μουthemαὐτῶνby the handτῆς χειρὸςto leadἐξαγαγεῖνthemαὐτοὺςout ofἐκthe landγῆςof Egypt;Αἰγύπτουbecauseὅτιtheyαὐτοὶdid notοὐκcontinueἐνέμεινανinἐνmy covenant,τῇ διαθήκῃ μουand Iκἀγὼdisregardedἠμέλησαthem,αὐτῶνsaysλέγειthe Lord.κύριος
Hebrews 8:9
Study it in the app“not 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.”
With the Greek beneath
Hebrews 8:9, word by word
- the covenantδιαθήκηνdiathēkēn
covenant
The agreement with promises and obligations that God makes with his people.
Where else “diathēkēn” appears- I madeἐποίησαepoiēsa
make
To bring something into being: to make or create it.
Where else “epoiēsa” appears- with their fathersπατράσινpatrasin
forefather
An ancestor: Abraham as the founder of the family.
Where else “patrasin” appears- the dayἡμέρᾳhēmerai
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmerai” appears- I tookἐπιλαβομένουepilabomenou
seize
To grip someone, or arrest them.
Where else “epilabomenou” appears- by the handχειρὸςcheiros
hand
The part of the body at the end of the arm, used to hold and touch.
Where else “cheiros” appears- to leadἐξαγαγεῖνexagagein
lead out
Lead out, bring out.
Where else “exagagein” appears- the landγῆςgēs
land
A country or a region.
Where else “gēs” appears- of EgyptΑἰγύπτουAigyptou
Egypt
See it on the mapWhere else “Aigyptou” appears- continueἐνέμεινανenemeinan
abide by
To keep faithful to something without turning away.
Where else “enemeinan” appears- and Iκἀγὼkagō
and I, I also
And I, I too.
Where else “kagō” appears- disregardedἠμέλησαēmelēsa
neglect, ignore
Neglect, pay no attention to, not care about.
Where else “ēmelēsa” appears- saysλέγειlegei
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legei” appears- the Lordκύριοςkyrios
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrios” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew text says “although I was their husband.”
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
8For finding fault with them, he says: Look, days are coming, says the Lord, when I will establish with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant,
9 · This verse (above)
10For 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.