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Hebrews 6:13

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,

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Τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.γὰρgarForγάρconjunction — “For”G1063for.ForἈβραὰμabraamto AbrahamἈβραάμnoun, dative, singular, masculine — “to Abraham”, the to- or for-formG11Abraham, progenitor of the Hebrew race.to Abrahamἐπαγγειλάμενοςepangeilamenosto professἐπαγγέλλομαι (epangellomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to profess”, a single actionG1861I promise, profess.This verse uses “profess”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θεόςtheosGodθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.ἐπεὶepeibecauseἐπείconjunction — “because”G1893of time: when, after; of cause: since, because; otherwise: else.becauseκατ’katbyκατά (kata)preposition — “by”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.byοὐδενὸςoudenosnoοὐδείς (oudeis)adjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “no”, the of-formG3762no one, none, nothing.noεἶχενeichento haveἔχω (echō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to have”, an ongoing action in the pastG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.μείζονοςmeizonosgreatμέγας (megas)adjective, comparative, genitive, singular, masculine — “great”, the of-formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.ὀμόσαιomosaito he swareὀμνύω (omnuō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to he sware”, a single actionG3660I swear, take an oath, promise with an oath.he swareὤμοσενōmosento swearὀμνύω (omnuō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to swear”, a single actionG3660I swear, take an oath, promise with an oath.This verse uses “swear”.καθ’kathbyκατά (kata)preposition — “by”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.byἑαυτοῦheautouhimselfἑαυτοῦpersonal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “himself”, the of-formG1438himself, herself, itself.This verse uses “himself”.himself

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

For to Abraham God, having made promise, seeing He was able to swear by no greater, did swear by Himself,

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American Standard Version (1901)

For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,

Young’s Literal Translation

For to Abraham God, having made promise, seeing He was able to swear by no greater, did swear by Himself,

World English Bible

For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,

Darby Translation

For God, having promised to Abraham, since he had no greater to swear by, swore by himself,

Douay-Rheims

For God making promise to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom he might swear, swore by himself,

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