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Hebrews 7

Heb. 7:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
they
eisi (Greek #1526)
they are
KJV usage: agree, are, be, dure, X is, were.
Pronounce: i-see'
Origin: 3d person plural present indicative of 1510
truly
men (Greek #3303)
properly, indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause with 1161 (this one, the former, etc.)
KJV usage: even, indeed, so, some, truly, verily. Often compounded with other particles in an intensive or asseverative sense.
Pronounce: men
Origin: a primary particle
were
eisi (Greek #1526)
they are
KJV usage: agree, are, be, dure, X is, were.
Pronounce: i-see'
Origin: 3d person plural present indicative of 1510
many
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
pleion (Greek #4119)
more in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion
KJV usage: X above, + exceed, more excellent, further, (very) great(-er), long(-er), (very) many, greater (more) part, + yet but.
Pronounce: pli-own
Origin: πλεῖον (pli'-on), or πλέον (pleh'-on) comparative of 4183
priests
hiereus (Greek #2409)
a priest (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (high) priest.
Pronounce: hee-er-yooce'
Origin: from 2413
, because
dia (Greek #1223)
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
KJV usage: after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) ... fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.
Pronounce: dee-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act
they were not suffered
koluo (Greek #2967)
to estop, i.e. prevent (by word or act)
KJV usage: forbid, hinder, keep from, let, not suffer, withstand.
Pronounce: ko-loo'-o
Origin: from the base of 2849
to continue
parameno (Greek #3887)
to stay near, i.e. remain (literally, tarry; or figuratively, be permanent, persevere)
KJV usage: abide, continue.
Pronounce: par-am-en'-o
Origin: from 3844 and 3306
by reason of death
thanatos (Greek #2288)
(properly, an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X deadly, (be...) death.
Pronounce: than'-at-os
Origin: from 2348
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ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections

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Death,
Priest; Priesthood

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Heb. 7:8• 8And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. (Heb. 7:8)
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1 Chron. 6:3‑14• 3And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
 4Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
 5And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
 6And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
 7Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
 8And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
 9And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
 10And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
 11And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
 12And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
 13And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,
 14And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak, (1 Chron. 6:3‑14)
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Neh. 12:10‑11• 10And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
 11And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua. (Neh. 12:10‑11)
• The priesthood of Aaron passed from one person to another, because death put an end to its exercise by the individuals who were invested with it. (“Hebrews 7” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they have been many priests, on account of being hindered from continuing by death;

W. Kelly Translation

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And they indeed are become many more priests, because by death they are hindered from continuing;