Hebrews 1:4
Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
KJV
τοσούτῳ κρείττων γενόμενος τῶν ἀγγέλων ὅσῳ διαφορώτερον παρ’ αὐτοὺς κεκληρονόμηκεν ὄνομα.
Greek NT
tanto melior angelis effectus, quanto differentius præ illis nomen hæreditavit.
Vulgate
having become by so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.
ASV
Being made so much better than the angels as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
διάφορος
diaphoros
adjective · 4×
κληρονομέω
kleronomeo
verb · 18×
κρείττων
kreitton
adjective · 13×
παρά
para
preposition · 191×
τοσοῦτος
tosoutos
demonstrative · 20×
ἄγγελος
aggelos
verb · 176×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄνομα
onoma
noun · 228×
ὅσος
osos
correlative · 108×
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- 1Pet 3:22 — Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
- 2Thess 1:7 — And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
- Col 1:18 — And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
- Col 2:10 — And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
- Eph 1:21 — Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
- Eph 1:21 — Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
- Gen 32:1 — And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
- Heb 1:9 — Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
- Heb 2:9 — But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
- Phil 2:9 — Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
- Phil 2:9 — Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
- Ps 2:7 — I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
- Rev 5:11 — And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;