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Hebrews 10:11

And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

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ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andπᾶςpaseveryπᾶςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “every”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.everyμὲνmenon one handμένconjunction — “on one hand”G3303an untranslatable particle, generally answered by "de", each of the two introducing a clause intended to be contrasted with the other.ἱερεὺςhiereuspriestἱερεύςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “priest”, the subject formG2409a priest, one who offers sacrifice to a god (in Jewish and pagan religions; of Christians only met.).priestἕστηκενhestēkenstandethἵστημι (histēmi)verb, perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “standeth”, a completed action with a present resultG2476trans: (a) I make to stand, place, set up, establish, appoint; mid: I place myself, stand, (b) I set in balance, weigh; intrans: (c) I stand, stand by, stand still; met: I stand ready, stand firm, am steadfast.standethκαθ’kathdailyκατά (kata)preposition — “daily”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.dailyἡμέρανhēmerandayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “day”, the object formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.λειτουργῶνleitourgōnministeringλειτουργέω (leitourgeō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “ministering”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3008I act in the public service, render service, minister, in the widest sense, of some special public religious service, but also of the service of priests and Levites.ministeringκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.αὐτὰςautassameαὐτός (autos)adjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “same”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “same”.the sameπολλάκιςpollakisoftenπολλάκιςadverb — “often”G4178many times, often, frequently.This verse uses “often”.προσφέρωνprospherōnto bring toπροσφέρω (prospherō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to bring to”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4374(a) I bring to, (b) characteristically: I offer (of gifts, sacrifices, etc).This verse uses “bring to”.θυσίαςthusiassacrificesθυσία (thusia)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “sacrifices”, the object formG2378abstr. and concr: sacrifice; a sacrifice, offering.sacrificesαἵτινεςhaitineswhichὅστις (hostis)relative pronoun, nominative, plural, feminine — “which”, the subject formG3748whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.whichοὐδέποτεoudepoteneverοὐδέποτεadverb — “never”G3763never.neverδύνανταιdunantaibe ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “be able”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.περιελεῖνperieleinto take awayπεριαιρέω (periaireō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to take away”, a single actionG4014(a) I strip off, strip from, take away, (b) I cast off, cut adrift, cast loose.take awayἁμαρτίαςhamartiassinsἁμαρτία (hamartia)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “sins”, the object formG266prop: missing the mark; hence: (a) guilt, sin, (b) a fault, failure (in an ethical sense), sinful deed.sins

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and every priest, indeed, hath stood daily serving, and the same sacrifices many times offering, that are never able to take away sins.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And every priest indeed standeth day by day ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, the which can never take away sins:

Young’s Literal Translation

and every priest, indeed, hath stood daily serving, and the same sacrifices many times offering, that are never able to take away sins.

World English Bible

Every priest indeed stands day by day serving and offering often the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins,

Darby Translation

And every priest stands daily ministering, and offering often the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

Douay-Rheims

And every priest indeed standeth daily ministering, and often offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

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