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Hebrews 9

Heb. 9:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
where
hopou (Greek #3699)
what(-ever) where, i.e. at whichever spot
KJV usage: in what place, where(-as, -soever), whither (+ soever).
Pronounce: hop'-oo
Origin: from 3739 and 4225
a 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
is, there must also of necessity κbe the 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
of the testator
diatithemai (Greek #1303)
to put apart, i.e. (figuratively) dispose (by assignment, compact, or bequest)
KJV usage: appoint, make, testator.
Pronounce: dee-at-ith'-em-ahee
Origin: middle voice from 1223 and 5087
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anagke (Greek #318)
constraint (literally or figuratively); by implication, distress
KJV usage: distress, must needs, (of) necessity(-sary), needeth, needful.
Pronounce: an-ang-kay'
Origin: from 303 and the base of 43
phero (Greek #5342)
namely, οἴω (oy'-o); and ἐνέγκω (en-eng'-ko) to "bear" or carry (in a very wide application, literally and figuratively, as follows)
KJV usage: be, bear, bring (forth), carry, come, + let her drive, be driven, endure, go on, lay, lead, move, reach, rushing, uphold.
Pronounce: fer'-o
Origin: a primary verb -- for which other, and apparently not cognate ones are used in certain tenses only
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
κ
or, be brought in.

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Death,
Testator

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Ministry on This Verse

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be.
or, be brought in.
Heb. 9:16• 16(For where there is a testament, the death of the testator must needs come in. (Heb. 9:16)
• The context here excludes "covenant" and demands "testament." (“Hebrews 9:15-17” by W. Kelly)
• Verses 16-17 are a parenthesis, in which the idea of a “testament” (it is the same word as “covenant” in the Greek, a disposition on the part of one who has the right of disposal) is introduced, to make us understand that death must have taken place before the rights acquired under the testament can be enjoyed. (“Hebrews 9” by J.N. Darby)
• {v.16-17} In order to illustrate the necessity of death he refers in these two parenthetical verses to the fact that, amongst men, the inheritance is secured by a will that only comes into force by the death of the one who makes the will. (“The New Sacrifice: Hebrews 9:11-23” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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(For where there is a testamente, the death of the testator must needs come in.

JND Translation Notes

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The word translated "covenant" and "testament" is the same; "a disposition." "Covenant," in connection with God, is a disposition which he has made, on the ground of which man is to be in relationship with him. But vers. 16,17, are a parenthesis, alluding, incidentally, to another kind of covenant.

W. Kelly Translation

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For where a testamenta [is], the deathb of the testator must be brought in;

WK Translation Notes

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a
No less determinate is the meaning of "testament" which follows in verses 16, 17, the idea of the inheritance naturally suggesting a will, which comes into force by the death of him who made it. The general principle is laid down in the broadest terms; and these can only mean, without strain of known phraseology, a "testament," not a covenant. "For where a testament [is], the testator’s death must be brought in; for a testament [is] valid in case of dead persons, since it is never of force while the testator liveth." Now this, which is an axiom and universally applicable to a will, is notoriously untrue of covenants in general.
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It seems very questionable to say "a" death.