Hebrews 7:10
For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.
KJV
ἔτι γὰρ ἐν τῇ ὀσφύϊ τοῦ πατρὸς ἦν ὅτε συνήντησεν αὐτῷ ὁ Μελχισεδέκ.
Greek NT
adhuc enim in lumbis patris erat, quando obviavit ei Melchisedech.
Vulgate
for he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchizedek met him.
ASV
For he was yet in the loins of his father when Melchisedech met him.
Douay-Rheims
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Melchizedek
In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Μελχισεδέκ
melchisedek
noun · 8×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
συναντάω
sunantao
verb · 6×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔτι
eti
adverb · 94×
ὀσφῦς
osphus
noun · 8×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτε
ote
adverb · 100×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: Μελχισέδεκ | WH/Treg/NIV: Μελχισέδεκ | RP: ὁ Μελχισέδεκ
- Μελχισέδεκ — SBLGNT
- Μελχισέδεκ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ὁ Μελχισέδεκ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Paul wishing to show the difference between the New and Old [Covenant], scatters it everywhere; and shoots from afar, and noises it abroad, and prepares beforehand. For at once even from the introduction, he laid down this saying, that to them indeed He spoke by prophets, but to us by the Son c. i. 1, 2, and to them at sundry times and in various manners, but to us through t…
Cross-references
- Gen 14:18 — And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.