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Hebrews 8

Heb. 8:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
now
nuni (Greek #3570)
just now
KJV usage: now.
Pronounce: noo-nee'
Origin: a prolonged form of 3568 for emphasis
hath he obtained a
tugchano (Greek #5177)
akin to the base of 5088 through the idea of effecting; properly, to affect; or (specially), to hit or light upon (as a mark to be reached), i.e. (transitively) to attain or secure an object or end, or (intransitively) to happen (as if meeting with); but in the latter application only impersonal (with 1487), i.e. perchance; or (present participle) as adjective, usual (as if commonly met with, with 3756, extraordinary), neuter (as adverb) perhaps; or (with another verb) as adverb, by accident (as it were)
KJV usage: be, chance, enjoy, little, obtain, X refresh...self, + special. Compare 5180.
Pronounce: toong-khan'-o
Origin: probably for an obsolete τύχω (for which the middle voice of another alternate τεύχω (to make ready or bring to pass) is used in certain tenses
more excellent
diaphoros (Greek #1313)
varying; also surpassing
KJV usage: differing, divers, more excellent.
Pronounce: dee-af'-or-os
Origin: from 1308
u ministry
leitourgia (Greek #3009)
public function (as priest ("liturgy") or almsgiver)
KJV usage: ministration(-t ry), service.
Pronounce: li-toorg-ee'-ah
Origin: from 3008
, by how much
hosos (Greek #3745)
as (much, great, long, etc.) as
KJV usage: all (that), as (long, many, much) (as), how great (many, much), (in-)asmuch as, so many as, that (ever), the more, those things, what (great, -soever), wheresoever, wherewithsoever, which, X while, who(-soever).
Pronounce: hos'-os
Origin: by reduplication from 3739
also
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
he is
esti (Greek #2076)
he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
KJV usage: are, be(-long), call, X can(-not), come, consisteth, X dure for a while, + follow, X have, (that) is (to say), make, meaneth, X must needs, + profit, + remaineth, + wrestle.
Pronounce: es-tee'
Origin: third person singular present indicative of 1510
the mediator
mesites (Greek #3316)
a go-between, i.e. (simply) an internunciator, or (by implication) a reconciler (intercessor)
KJV usage: mediator.
Pronounce: mes-ee'-tace
Origin: from 3319
of a 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
ηcovenant
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
, which
hostis (Greek #3748)
which some, i.e. any that; also (definite) which same
KJV usage: X and (they), (such) as, (they) that, in that they, what(-soever), whereas ye, (they) which, who(-soever). Compare 3754.
Pronounce: hos'-tis
Origin: ἥτις (hay'-tis), and the neuter ὅτι (hot'-ee) from 3739 and 5100
was established
nomotheteo (Greek #3549)
to legislate, i.e. (passively) to have (the Mosaic) enactments injoined, be sanctioned (by them)
KJV usage: establish, receive the law.
Pronounce: nom-oth-et-eh'-o
Origin: from 3550
upon
epi (Greek #1909)
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
KJV usage: about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-, (where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at, upon, etc. (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ep-ee'
Origin: a primary preposition
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
promises
epaggelia (Greek #1860)
an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good)
KJV usage: message, promise.
Pronounce: ep-ang-el-ee'-ah
Origin: from 1861
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Heb. 7:22• 22By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament. (Heb. 7:22)
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2 Cor. 3:6‑9• 6Who 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.
 7But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
 8How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
 9For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. (2 Cor. 3:6‑9)
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or, testament.

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Ministry on This Verse

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obtained.
Heb. 8:7‑13• 7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
 8For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
 9Not 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 them not, saith the Lord.
 10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
 11And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
 12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
 13In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. (Heb. 8:7‑13)
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2 Cor. 3:6‑11• 6Who 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.
 7But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
 8How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
 9For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
 10For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
 11For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. (2 Cor. 3:6‑11)
the mediator.
Heb. 7:22• 22By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament. (Heb. 7:22)
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Heb. 12:24• 24And 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)
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Gal. 3:19‑20• 19Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
 20Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. (Gal. 3:19‑20)
covenant.
or, testament.
Heb. 7:22• 22By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament. (Heb. 7:22)
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Heb. 9:15‑20• 15And 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 the promise of eternal inheritance.
 16For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
 17For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
 18Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
 19For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
 20Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. (Heb. 9:15‑20)
was established.[Nomotheteo ,] "was ordained (or established) by law."upon.
Heb. 8:10‑12• 10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
 11And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
 12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. (Heb. 8:10‑12)
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Rom. 9:4• 4Who 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; (Rom. 9:4)
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Gal. 3:16‑21• 16Now 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.
 17And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
 18For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
 19Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
 20Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
 21Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. (Gal. 3:16‑21)
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Titus 1:2• 2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; (Titus 1:2)
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2 Peter 1:4• 4Whereby 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. (2 Peter 1:4)
• A human priesthood on earth for Christian people is apostacy from the truth of the Son perfected forever and ministering on high according to power of indissoluble life; it is to rehabilitate the defunct Aaronic order, disannulled because of its weak and unprofitable nature (“Hebrews 8:3-6” by W. Kelly)
• The ministry of Jesus is more excellent, because He is the mediator of a better covenant, spoken of in Jeremiah 31, which is here quoted. (“Hebrews 8” by J.N. Darby)
• The gospel is not a covenant, but the revelation of the salvation of God. It proclaims the great salvation. We enjoy, indeed, all the essential privileges of the new covenant, its foundation being laid on God’s part in the blood of Christ, but we do so in spirit, not according to the letter. (“Hebrews 8” by J.N. Darby)
• A covenant sets forth the terms on which two people can be in relation with each other. Scripture speaks of two great covenants between God and men, the old and the new, the covenant of law and the covenant of grace. Both the old and the new covenants set forth the terms on which God can bless His earthly people. (“The New Covenant: Hebrews 8” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But now he has got a more excellent ministryi, by so much as he is mediator of a better covenant, whichk is establishedl on the footing of better promises.

JND Translation Notes

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Leitourgia. see ver. 2.
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Hostis. as Matt. 7.24, "which is such as."
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That is, formally established as by a law.

W. Kelly Translation

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But 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.