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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 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. (Heb. 8:7‑9)
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Ex. 12:22• 22And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at 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 the Lord, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the Lord hath said will we do.
 4And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
 5And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the Lord.
 6And Moses took half of 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 in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient.
 8And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words. (Ex. 24:3‑8)
dedicated.
or, purified.
Heb. 9:14,22• 14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
 22And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood 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.