Hebrews 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.
KJV
ἀπάτωρ, ἀμήτωρ, ἀγενεαλόγητος, μήτε ἀρχὴν ἡμερῶν μήτε ζωῆς τέλος ἔχων, ἀφωμοιωμένος δὲ τῷ υἱῷ τοῦ θεοῦ, μένει ἱερεὺς εἰς τὸ διηνεκές.
Greek NT
sine patre, sine matre, sine genealogia, neque initium dierum, neque finem vitæ habens, assimilatus autem Filio Dei, manet sacerdos in perpetuum.
Vulgate
without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like unto the Son of God), abideth a priest continually.
ASV
Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but likened unto the Son of God, continueth a priest for ever.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διηνεκής
dienekes
adjective · 4×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
ζωή
zoe
noun · 135×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
μένω
meno
verb · 117×
μήτε
mete
conjunction · 34×
τέλος
telos
noun · 41×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἀγενεαλόγητος
agenealogetos
adjective · 1×
ἀμήτωρ
ametor
adjective · 1×
ἀπάτωρ
apator
adjective · 1×
ἀρχή
arche
noun · 56×
ἀφομοιόω
aphomoioo
verb · 1×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
ἱερεύς
iereus
noun · 33×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
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7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§58The covenant with Noah remains in force during the times of the Gentiles, until the universal proclamation of the Gospel.13 The Bible venerates several great figures among the Gentiles: Abel the just, the king-priest Melchisedek - a figure of Christ - and the upright "Noah, Daniel, and Job".14 Scripture thus expresses the heights of sanctity that can be reached by those who liv…
1. When children are just brought to their learning, their teachers do not give them many tasks in succession, nor do they set them once for all, but they often repeat to them the same short ones, so that what is said may be easily implanted in their minds, and they may not be vexed at the first onset with the quantity, and with finding it hard to remember, and become less acti…
Belgic Confession · 2 passages
We believe that Jesus Christ, according to his divine nature, is the only Son of God—eternally begotten, not made or created, for then he would be a creature. He is one in essence with the Father; coeternal; the exact image of the person of the Father, and the "reflection of his glory," being in all things like him. He is the Son of God not only from the time he assumed our nat…
We believe that by being thus conceived the person of the Son has been inseparably united and joined together with human nature, in such a way that there are not two Sons of God, nor two persons, but two natures united in a single person, with each nature retaining its own distinct properties. Thus his divine nature has always remained uncreated, without beginning of days or en…
Cross-references
- 1Chr 6:1 — The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- Exod 6:18 — And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.
- Exod 6:20 — And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.
- 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 1:2 — Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
- Heb 5:6 — As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
- Heb 7:6 — But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
- Heb 7:6 — But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
- Heb 7:16 — Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
- Heb 7:17 — For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
- Heb 7:23 — And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
- John 1:1 — In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- John 1:34 — And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
- Matt 4:3 — And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
- Num 1:18 — And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of