HEBREWS 7:14

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.”

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Hebrews 7:14 Translation & Meaning

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KJV Verse Original Greek Meaning/ Definition
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For γὰρ Properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles) For
it is (No Greek definition. English implied.)
evident πρόδηλον Plain before all men, i.e., obvious evident
that ὅτι Demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because that
our ἡμῶν Of (or from) us our
Lord κύριος Supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title) Lord
sprang ἀνατέταλκεν To (cause to) arise sprang
out of ἐξ A primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct or remote) out
Juda; Ἰούδα Judah (i.e., Jehudah or Juttah), a part of (or place in) Palestine Juda
of εἰς To or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases of
which ἣν The relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that which
tribe φυλὴν An offshoot, i.e., race or clan tribe
Moses Μωσῆς Moseus, Moses, or Mouses (i.e., Mosheh), the Hebrew lawgiver Moses
spake ἐλάλησεν To talk, i.e., utter words spake
nothing οὐδὲν Not even one (man, woman or thing), i.e., none, nobody, nothing nothing
concerning περὶ Properly, through (all over), i.e., around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period) concerning
priesthood. ἱερωσυνής Sacredness, i.e., (by implication) the priestly office priesthood

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  • 12  For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

  • 13  For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.

  • 14  For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

  • 15  And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,

  • 16  Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.




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