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Hebrews 7:18

For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

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ἀθέτησιςathetēsisa disannullingἀθέτησιςnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “a disannulling”, the subject formG115annulment, nullification, abrogation.a disannullingμὲνmenon 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.γὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.γίνεταιginetaito beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.προαγούσηςproagousēsgoing beforeπροάγω (proagō)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, feminine — “going before”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4254(a) trans: I lead forth; in the judicial sense, into court, (b) intrans. and trans: I precede, go before, (c) intrans: I go too far.going beforeἐντολῆςentolēscommandmentἐντολή (entolē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “commandment”, the of-formG1785an ordinance, injunction, command, law.διὰdiaforδιάpreposition — “for”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.forτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.αὐτῆςautēsthereofαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “thereof”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.thereofἀσθενὲςasthenesweakἀσθενής (asthenēs)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “weak”, the object formG772(lit: not strong), (a) weak (physically, or morally), (b) infirm, sick.This verse uses “weak”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἀνωφελέςanōphelesuselessἀνωφελής (anōphelēs)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “useless”, the object formG512useless, unprofitable.This verse uses “useless”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for a disannulling indeed doth come of the command going before because of its weakness, and unprofitableness,

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American Standard Version (1901)

For there is a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness

Young’s Literal Translation

for a disannulling indeed doth come of the command going before because of its weakness, and unprofitableness,

World English Bible

For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness

Darby Translation

For there is a setting aside of the commandment going before for its weakness and unprofitableness,

Douay-Rheims

There is indeed a setting aside of the former commandment, because of the weakness and unprofitableness thereof:

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