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Hebrews 9

Heb. 9:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Whereupon
hothen (Greek #3606)
from which place or source or cause (adverb or conjunction)
KJV usage: from thence, (from) whence, where(-by, -fore, -upon).
Pronounce: hoth'-en
Origin: from 3739 with the directive enclitic of source
neither
oude (Greek #3761)
not however, i.e. neither, nor, not even
KJV usage: neither (indeed), never, no (more, nor, not), nor (yet), (also, even, then) not (even, so much as), + nothing, so much as.
Pronounce: oo-deh'
Origin: from 3756 and 1161
the first
protos (Greek #4413)
foremost (in time, place, order or importance)
KJV usage: before, beginning, best, chief(-est), first (of all), former.
Pronounce: pro'-tos
Origin: contracted superlative of 4253
testament was νdedicated
egkainizo (Greek #1457)
to renew, i.e. inaugurate
KJV usage: consecrate, dedicate.
Pronounce: eng-kahee-nid'-zo
Origin: from 1456
without
choris (Greek #5565)
at a space, i.e. separately or apart from (often as preposition)
KJV usage: beside, by itself, without.
Pronounce: kho-rece'
Origin: adverb from 5561
blood
haima (Greek #129)
blood, literally (of men or animals), figuratively (the juice of grapes) or specially (the atoning blood of Christ); by implication, bloodshed, also kindred
KJV usage: blood.
Pronounce: hah'-ee-mah
Origin: of uncertain derivation
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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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or, purified.

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the first.
Heb. 8:7‑9• 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. (Heb. 8:7‑9)
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Ex. 12:22• 22And take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and smear the lintel and the two door-posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. (Ex. 12:22)
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Ex. 24:3‑8• 3And Moses came and told the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words that Jehovah has said will we do!
 4And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
 5And he sent the youths of the children of Israel, and they offered up burnt-offerings, and sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offering of bullocks to Jehovah.
 6And Moses took half the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
 7And he took the book of the covenant, and read it in the ears of the people; and they said, All that Jehovah has said will we do, and obey!
 8And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant that Jehovah has made with you concerning all these words. (Ex. 24:3‑8)
dedicated.
or, purified.
Heb. 9:14,22• 14how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to worship the living God?
 22and almost all things are purified with blood according to the law, and without blood-shedding there is no remission. (Heb. 9:14,22)
• "Testament" here is through neglect of the context, which in every other place of scripture, save Heb. 9:16-17, needs "covenant." (“Hebrews 9:15-17” by W. Kelly)
• (Heb. 9:18-22). There are here three distinct uses of blood in the Levitical economy, all of them solemn and momentous, the last of them leading the way into the fundamental blessing of the new covenant which the gospel announces to every believer. (“Hebrews 9:18-22” by W. Kelly)
• Here accordingly (Ex. 24) the covenant receives its seal in blood. (“Hebrews 9:18-22” by W. Kelly)
• {v.18-25} Three applications of the blood are presented here. 1. The covenant is founded on the blood. 2. Defilement is washed away by its means. 3. Guilt is removed by the remission obtained through the blood that has been shed. (“Hebrews 9” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Whence neither the first was inaugurated without blood.

W. Kelly Translation

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Whence neither the first hath been inaugurated without blood.