King James Version

Hebrews 12:24

And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “better thing” (κρεῖττον) before speaking here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “better things” (κρείττονα) before speaking here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andδιαθήκηςdiathēkēscovenantδιαθήκη (diathēkē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “covenant”, the of-formG1242(a) a covenant between two parties, (b) (the ordinary, everyday sense [found a countless number of times in papyri]) a will, testament.covenantνέαςneasnewνέος (neos)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “new”, the of-formG3501(a) young, youthful, (b) new, fresh.This verse uses “new”.μεσίτῃmesitēmediatorμεσίτης (mesitēs)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “mediator”, the to- or for-formG3316(a) a mediator, intermediary, (b) a go-between, arbiter, agent of something good.ἸησοῦiēsouJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the to- or for-formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andαἵματιhaimatito the bloodαἷμα (haima)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “to the blood”, the to- or for-formG129blood (especially as shed).to the bloodῥαντισμοῦrhantismouof sprinklingῥαντισμός (rhantismos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of sprinkling”, the of-formG4473sprinkling, purification.This verse uses “sprinkling”.of sprinklingκρεῖττονkreittongreaterκρείττων (kreíttōn)adjective, comparative, accusative, singular, neuter — “greater”, the object formG2909Strong’s files this form under G2908 (κρεῖσσον).better thingsλαλοῦντιlalountito speakλαλέω (laleō)verb, present active participle, dative, singular, masculine — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.This verse uses “speak”.παρὰparathanπαράpreposition — “than”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.thanτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.Ἅβελhabelthat of AbelἍβελnoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “that of Abel”, the object formG6Abel, second son of Adam and Eve, brother of Cain.that of Abel

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κρείττοναkreittonabetter thingsκρεῖσσον (kreisson)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “better things”, the object formG2908stronger, more excellent.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and to a mediator of a new covenant — Jesus, and to blood of sprinkling, speaking better things than that of Abel!

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American Standard Version (1901)

and to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better than that of Abel.

Young’s Literal Translation

and to a mediator of a new covenant — Jesus, and to blood of sprinkling, speaking better things than that of Abel!

World English Bible

to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.

Darby Translation

and to Jesus, mediator of a new covenant; and to [the] blood of sprinkling, speaking better than Abel.

Douay-Rheims

And to Jesus the mediator of the new testament, and to the sprinkling of blood which speaketh better than that of Abel.

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