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Hebrews 7:23

And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:

KJV

καὶ οἱ μὲν πλείονές εἰσιν γεγονότες ἱερεῖς διὰ τὸ θανάτῳ κωλύεσθαι παραμένειν·

Greek NT

Et alii quidem plures facti sunt sacerdotes, idcirco quod morte prohiberentur permanere :

Vulgate

And they indeed have been made priests many in number, because that by death they are hindered from continuing:

ASV

And the others indeed were made many priests, because by reason of death they were not suffered to continue:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θάνατος
thanatos
noun · 120×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κωλύω
koluo
verb · 23×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
παραμένω
parameno
verb · 4×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
ἱερεύς
iereus
noun · 33×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 48:21 — And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
  • Heb 7:3 — Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
  • Heb 7:8 — And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
  • Lev 6:22 — And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt.
  • Song 2:3 — As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.