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Hebrews 9:18

Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

KJV

ὅθεν οὐδ’ ἡ πρώτη χωρὶς αἵματος ἐνκεκαίνισται·

Greek NT

Unde nec primum quidem sine sanguine dedicatum est.

Vulgate

Wherefore even the first covenant hath not been dedicated without blood.

ASV

Whereupon neither was the first indeed dedicated without blood.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἷμα
aima
noun · 97×
οὐδέ
oude
conjunction · 137×
πρῶτος
protos
adjective · 101×
χωρίς
choris
adverb · 41×
ἐγκαινίζω
egkainizo
verb · 2×
o
article · 19778×
ὅθεν
othen
adverb · 15×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Eph 2:13 — But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
  • Exod 24:3 — And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.
  • Exod 24:6 — And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
  • Exod 24:7 — And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
  • Exod 24:8 — And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
  • Heb 8:9 — Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded th
  • Heb 13:12 — Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
  • Lev 8:24 — And he brought Aaron’s sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the