King James Version

Hebrews 6:16

For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “indeed” (μὲν) before for here.

ἄνθρωποιanthrōpoimenἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “men”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.menγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.κατὰkatabyκατάpreposition — “by”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.byτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.μείζονοςmeizonosgreatμέγας (megas)adjective, comparative, genitive, singular, masculine — “great”, the of-formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.ὀμνύουσινomnuousinto swearὀμνύω (omnuō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to swear”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3660I swear, take an oath, promise with an oath.This verse uses “swear”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπάσηςpasēsof allπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “of all”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.of allαὐτοῖςautoisheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἀντιλογίαςantilogiasstrifeἀντιλογία (antilogia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “strife”, the of-formG485contradiction, contention, rebellion.strifeπέραςperasendπέραςnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “end”, the subject formG4009(a) a boundary, limit, extremity, (b) an end, conclusion.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.βεβαίωσινbebaiōsinconfirmationβεβαίωσις (bebaiōsis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “confirmation”, the object formG951confirmation, ratification, establishment.This verse uses “confirmation”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ὅρκοςhorkosoathὅρκοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “oath”, the subject formG3727an oath.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

μὲνmenverilyμένparticle — “verily”G3303an untranslatable particle, generally answered by "de", each of the two introducing a clause intended to be contrasted with the other.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation [is] the oath,

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American Standard Version (1901)

For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

Young’s Literal Translation

for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation [is] the oath,

World English Bible

For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

Darby Translation

For men indeed swear by a greater, and with them the oath is a term to all dispute, as making matters sure.

Douay-Rheims

For men swear by one greater than themselves: and an oath for confirmation is the end of all their controversy.

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