King James Version

Hebrews 7:21

(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “according to the order of Melchizedek” (κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισεδέκ·) after age here.

(οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μὲνmenwereμένconjunction — “were”G3303an untranslatable particle, generally answered by "de", each of the two introducing a clause intended to be contrasted with the other.wereγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.χωρὶςchōriswithoutχωρίςpreposition — “without”G5565apart from, separately from; without.This verse uses “without”.withoutὁρκωμοσίαςhorkōmosiasan oathὁρκωμοσία (horkōmosia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “an oath”, the of-formG3728the taking of an oath, an oath.This verse uses “an oath”.an oathεἰσὶνeisinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἱερεῖςhiereisart a priestἱερεύς (hiereus)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “art a priest”, the subject formG2409a priest, one who offers sacrifice to a god (in Jewish and pagan religions; of Christians only met.).art a priestγεγονότεςgegonotesto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, perfect active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to be”, a completed action with a present resultG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.μετὰmetawithμετάpreposition — “with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.ὁρκωμοσίαςhorkōmosiasoathὁρκωμοσία (horkōmosia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “oath”, the of-formG3728the taking of an oath, an oath.διὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.λέγοντοςlegontosto speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “speak”.πρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.αὐτόνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.Ὤμοσενōmosento 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”.κύριοςkurioslordκύριοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “lord”, the subject formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.οὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.μεταμεληθήσεταιmetamelēthēsetaito repentμεταμέλομαι (metamelomai)verb, future passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to repent”, an action still aheadG3338(lit: I change one care or interest for another), I change my mind (generally for the better), repent, regret.Σὺsuyouσύpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “you”, the subject formG4771you.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.).εἰςeisforεἰςpreposition — “for”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “for”.forτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.αἰῶνα)aiōnaeverαἰών (aiōn)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “ever”, the object formG165an age, a cycle (of time), especially of the present age as contrasted with the future age, and of one of a series of ages stretching to infinity.ever

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

κατὰkataafterκατάpreposition — “after”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.τάξινtaxinorderτάξις (taxis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “order”, the object formG5010order, (a) regular arrangement, (b) appointed succession, (c) position, rank.This verse uses “order”.Μελχισεδέκmelchisedekof MelchisedecΜελχισεδέκnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Melchisedec”, the of-formG3198Melchizedek, king and priest of Salem.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he with an oath through Him who is saying unto him, 'The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest — to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;')

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American Standard Version (1901)

(for they indeed have been made priests without an oath; but he with an oath by him that saith of him, The Lord sware and will not repent himself, Thou art a priest for ever);

Young’s Literal Translation

and he with an oath through Him who is saying unto him, 'The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest — to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;')

World English Bible

(for they indeed have been made priests without an oath), but he with an oath by him that says of him, “The Lord swore and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.’”

Darby Translation

(for they are become priests without the swearing of an oath, but he with the swearing of an oath, by him who said, as to him, The Lord has sworn, and will not repent [of it], Thou [art] priest for ever [according to the order of Melchisedec];)

Douay-Rheims

But this with an oath, by him that said unto him: The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever.)

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Psalms 110:4 Psalms 110:4 · King James VersionThe LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.Psalms 110:4 · King James VersionOpen the Source
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

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