Hebrews 7:9
And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
KJV
καὶ ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν, διὰ Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Λευεὶς ὁ δεκάτας λαμβάνων δεδεκάτωται·
Greek NT
Et (ut ita dictum sit) per Abraham, et Levi, qui decimas accepit, decimatus est :
Vulgate
And, so to say, through Abraham even Levi, who receiveth tithes, hath paid tithes;
ASV
And (as it may be said) even Levi who received tithes paid tithes in Abraham:
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In this verse
In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Λευΐς
leuis
noun · 4×
δεκάτη
dekate
adjective · 4×
δεκατόω
dekatoo
verb · 2×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
Ἀβραάμ
abraam
noun · 73×
ἔπος
epos
noun · 1×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×
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
- Rom 5:12 — Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: