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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 hath obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is mediator of a better covenant which hath been enacted upon better promises. (Heb. 8:6)

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Suretiship,
The Lord Jesus

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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a surety.
Gen. 43:9•  (Gen. 43:9)
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Gen. 44:32•  (Gen. 44:32)
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Prov. 6:1•  (Prov. 6:1)
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Prov. 20:16•  (Prov. 20:16)
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Heb. 8:6‑12• 6But now he hath obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is mediator of a better covenant which hath been enacted upon better promises.
 7For if that first was faultless, no place had been sought for a second.
 8For finding fault he saith to them, Behold, days come, saith Jehovah, and I will make a new covenant on the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
 9not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers in a day when I took their hand to lead them out of Egypt's land; because they continued not in my covenant, and I disregarded them, saith Jehovah.
 10Because this [is] the covenant which I will covenant to the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah, giving my laws into their mind, I will also write them 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 inwardly know me from little of them unto great of them;
 12because I will be merciful to their unrighteousnesses, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will never remember 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, those that are called might receive the promise of the everlasting inheritance.
 16For where a testament [is], the death of the testator must be brought in;
 17for a testament [is] valid after men [are] dead: since it in no wise hath force while the testator liveth.
 18Whence neither the first hath been inaugurated without blood.
 19For when every commandment was spoken according to law by Moses to all the people, having taken the blood of calves and of 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 enjoined on you.
 21And the tabernacle too, and all the vessels of service he sprinkled alike with the blood;
 22and almost all things are purified with blood according to the law, and apart from blood-shedding cometh no remission.
 23Necessity therefore [was] that the examples of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. (Heb. 9:15‑23)
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Heb. 12:24• 24and to Jesus mediator of a new covenant, and to blood of sprinkling speaking better than Abel. (Heb. 12:24)
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Heb. 13:20• 20But the God of peace, that brought again from among [the] dead our Lord Jesus the great Shepherd of the sheep in virtue of blood of an everlasting covenant, (Heb. 13:20)
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Dan. 9:27•  (Dan. 9:27)
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Matt. 26:28• 28{i}For this is my blood, that of the [new] covenant, that shed for many for remission of sins.{/i} (Matt. 26:28)
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Mark 14:24• 24{i}And he said to them, This is my{/i} blood of the [new] covenant, 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 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.