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Hebrews 7

Heb. 7:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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kata (Greek #2596)
(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
KJV usage: about, according as (to), after, against, (when they were) X alone, among, and, X apart, (even, like) as (concerning, pertaining to touching), X aside, at, before, beyond, by, to the charge of, (charita-)bly, concerning, + covered, (dai-)ly, down, every, (+ far more) exceeding, X more excellent, for, from ... to, godly, in(-asmuch, divers, every, -to, respect of), ... by, after the manner of, + by any means, beyond (out of) measure, X mightily, more, X natural, of (up-)on (X part), out (of every), over against, (+ your) X own, + particularly, so, through(-oughout, -oughout every), thus, (un-)to(-gether, -ward), X uttermost, where(-by), with. In composition it retains many of these applications, and frequently denotes opposition, distribution, or intensity.
Pronounce: kat-ah'
Origin: a primary particle
so much
tosoutos (Greek #5118)
so vast as this, i.e. such (in quantity, amount, number of space)
KJV usage: as large, so great (long, many, much), these many.
Pronounce: tos-oo'-tos
Origin: from τόσος (so much; apparently from 3588 and 3739) and 3778 (including its variations)
was
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
Jesus
Iesous (Greek #2424)
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
KJV usage: Jesus.
Pronounce: ee-ay-sooce'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (03091)
made
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
a surety
egguos (Greek #1450)
pledged (as if articulated by a member), i.e. a bondsman
KJV usage: surety.
Pronounce: eng'-goo-os
Origin: from 1722 and γυῖον (a limb)
of a
diatheke (Greek #1242)
properly, a disposition, i.e. (specially) a contract (especially a devisory will)
KJV usage: covenant, testament.
Pronounce: dee-ath-ay'-kay
Origin: from 1303
better
kreitton (Greek #2909)
stronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. nobler
KJV usage: best, better.
Pronounce: krite'-tohn
Origin: comparative of a derivative of 2904
g testament
diatheke (Greek #1242)
properly, a disposition, i.e. (specially) a contract (especially a devisory will)
KJV usage: covenant, testament.
Pronounce: dee-ath-ay'-kay
Origin: from 1303
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Heb. 8:6• 6But now he has got a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is mediator of a better covenant, which is established on the footing of better promises. (Heb. 8:6)

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Suretiship,
The Lord Jesus

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Ministry on This Verse

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a surety.
Gen. 43:9• 9I will be surety for him: of my hand shalt thou require him; if I bring him not to thee, and set him before thy face, then shall I be guilty toward thee for ever. (Gen. 43:9)
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Gen. 44:32• 32For thy servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, then I shall be guilty toward my father all my days. (Gen. 44:32)
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Prov. 6:1• 1My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger, (Prov. 6:1)
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Prov. 20:16• 16Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for strangers. (Prov. 20:16)
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Heb. 8:6‑12• 6But now he has got a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is mediator of a better covenant, which is established on the footing of better promises.
 7For if that first was faultless, place had not been sought for a second.
 8For finding fault, he says to them, Behold, days come, saith the Lord, and I will consummate a new covenant as regards the house of Israel, and as regards the house of Juda;
 9not according to the covenant which I made to their fathers in the day of my taking their hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because *they* did not continue in my covenant, and *I* did not regard them, saith the Lord.
 10Because this is the covenant that I will covenant to the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: Giving my laws into their mind, I will write them also upon their hearts; and I will be to them for God, and *they* shall be to me for people.
 11And they shall not teach each his fellow-citizen, and each his brother, saying, Know the Lord; because all shall know me in themselves, from the little one among them unto the great among them.
 12Because I will be merciful to their unrighteousnesses, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will never remember any more. (Heb. 8:6‑12)
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Heb. 9:15‑23• 15And for this reason he is mediator of a new covenant, so that, death having taken place for redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, the called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
 16(For where there is a testament, the death of the testator must needs come in.
 17For a testament is of force when men are dead, since it is in no way of force while the testator is alive.)
 18Whence neither the first was inaugurated without blood.
 19For every commandment having been spoken according to the law by Moses to all the people; having taken the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
 20saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God has enjoined to you.
 21And the tabernacle too and all the vessels of service he sprinkled in like manner with blood;
 22and almost all things are purified with blood according to the law, and without blood-shedding there is no remission.
 23It was necessary then that the figurative representations of the things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with sacrifices better than these. (Heb. 9:15‑23)
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Heb. 12:24• 24and to Jesus, mediator of a new covenant; and to the blood of sprinkling, speaking better than Abel. (Heb. 12:24)
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Heb. 13:20• 20But the God of peace, who brought again from among the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, in the power of the blood of the eternal covenant, (Heb. 13:20)
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Dan. 9:27• 27And he shall confirm a covenant with the many for one week; and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and because of the protection of abominations there shall be a desolator, even until that the consumption and what is determined shall be poured out upon the desolate. (Dan. 9:27)
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Matt. 26:28• 28For this is my blood, that of the new covenant, that shed for many for remission of sins. (Matt. 26:28)
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Mark 14:24• 24And he said to them, This is my blood, that of the new covenant, that shed for many. (Mark 14:24)
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Luke 22:20• 20In like manner also the cup, after having supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. (Luke 22:20)
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1 Cor. 11:25• 25In like manner also the cup, after having supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me. (1 Cor. 11:25)
testament.Rather covenant, [diatheke .]
• "Testament" is here quite out of place; for what has a giver of security to do with making a will? Heb. 9:16-17, is the sole passage of scripture which requires or even admits of such a sense, which is there due to "eternal inheritance" in the verse immediately preceding. The word in itself is capable of either sense, meaning in human relations a disposition, especially of property by will, and in divine things a covenant, which naturally predominates in the Septuagint and the N. T. The context decides with certainty. (“Hebrews 7:20-22” by W. Kelly)
• A covenant does not imply in any case the death of the covenanter to give it validity; a testament invariably supposes the testator's death to bring it into operation. (“Hebrews 7:20-22” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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by so much Jesus became surety of a better covenant.

W. Kelly Translation

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by so much Jesus hath become surety of a better covenanta.

WK Translation Notes

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"Testament" is here quite out of place; for what has a giver of security to do with making a will? {vi 30122-30123}{/vi} is the sole passage of scripture which requires or even admits of such a sense; and it is there due to "eternal inheritance" in the verse immediately preceding. The word in itself is capable of either sense, meaning in human relations a disposition, especially of property by will, and in divine things a covenant, which naturally predominates in the N. T. The context decides with certainty. Thus in {vi 24083}{/vi}, {vi 24779}{/vi}, {vi 25885}{/vi}, remission of sins is expressly bound up with the "new covenant" (not testament) as in {vi 19723-19726}{/vi}. And what has "blood" to do with a "will"? That it should be the basis of a covenant is a familiar truth. A will or testament is unknown to the O. T. Not less clearly is it the God of Israel’s "holy covenant," as it is rightly rendered in {vi 24966}{/vi}: testament can have no relation to the oath sworn to Abraham. A covenant does not imply in any case the death of the covenanter to give it validity; a testament invariably supposes the testator’s death to bring it into operation.