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Hebrews 8:6

But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

KJV

νυνὶ δὲ διαφορωτέρας τέτυχεν λειτουργίας, ὅσῳ καὶ κρείττονός ἐστιν διαθήκης μεσίτης, ἥτις ἐπὶ κρείττοσιν ἐπαγγελίαις νενομοθέτηται.

Greek NT

Nunc autem melius sortitus est ministerium, quanto et melioris testamenti mediator est, quod in melioribus repromissionibus sancitum est.

Vulgate

But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.

ASV

But now he hath obtained a better ministry, by how much also he is a mediator of a better testament which is established on better promises.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διάφορος
diaphoros
adjective · 4×
διαθήκη
diatheke
noun · 33×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κρείττων
kreitton
adjective · 13×
λειτουργία
leitourgia
noun · 6×
μεσίτης
mesites
noun · 6×
νομοθετέω
nomotheteo
verb · 2×
νυνί
nuni
adverb · 21×
τυγχάνω
tugchano
verb · 12×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐπαγγελία
epaggelia
noun · 52×
ὅσος
osos
correlative · 108×
ὅστις
ostis
relative_pronoun · 146×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: νυνὶ | Treg/NIV/RP: νυνὶ | WH: νῦν
  • νυνὶSBLGNT
  • νυνὶTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • νῦνWestcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Doctrines that cite this verse

Covenant

Historic Christian voices

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

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Cross-references

  • 1Tim 2:5 — For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
  • 2Cor 3:6 — Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
  • 2Cor 3:6 — Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
  • 2Kgs 17:35 — With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
  • 2Pet 1:4 — Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
  • 2Pet 1:4 — Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
  • Acts 6:14 — For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
  • Acts 13:38 — Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
  • Deut 5:2 — The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
  • Gal 3:16 — Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
  • Gal 3:20 — Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
  • Gal 4:24 — Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
  • Heb 7:22 — By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
  • Heb 7:22 — By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
  • Heb 8:7 — For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
  • Heb 8:7 — For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
  • Heb 9:15 — And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive th
  • Heb 9:15 — And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive th
  • Heb 11:40 — God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
  • Heb 12:24 — And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
  • Heb 12:24 — And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
  • Isa 42:6 — I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
  • Isa 49:8 — Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth
  • Isa 54:10 — For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
  • Isa 59:21 — As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed,
  • Jer 31:31 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
  • Jer 50:5 — They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
  • Luke 22:20 — Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
  • Luke 22:20 — Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
  • Ps 103:18 — To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
  • Rom 9:4 — Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
  • Titus 1:2 — In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;