King James Version

Hebrews 7:23

And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:

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ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μὲνmentrulyμένconjunction — “truly”G3303an untranslatable particle, generally answered by "de", each of the two introducing a clause intended to be contrasted with the other.This verse uses “truly”.trulyπλείονέςpleionesmanyπολύς (polýs)adjective, comparative, nominative, plural, masculine — “many”, the subject formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “many”.Strong’s files this form under G4119 (πλείων).manyεἰσινeisinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.γεγονότεςgegonotesto 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.ἱερεῖςhiereispriestsἱερεύς (hiereus)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “priests”, the subject formG2409a priest, one who offers sacrifice to a god (in Jewish and pagan religions; of Christians only met.).priestsδιὰdiaby reason ofδιάpreposition — “by reason of”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.by reason ofτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θανάτῳthanatōdeathθάνατος (thanatos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “death”, the to- or for-formG2288death, physical or spiritual.deathκωλύεσθαιkōluesthaito preventκωλύω (kōluō)verb, present passive infinitive — “to prevent”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2967I prevent, debar, hinder; with infin: from doing so and so.This verse uses “prevent”.παραμένεινparameneinto continueπαραμένω (paramenō)verb, present active infinitive — “to continue”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3887I remain by, abide with; met: I persevere in.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and those indeed are many who have become priests, because by death they are hindered from remaining;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they indeed have been made priests many in number, because that by death they are hindered from continuing:

Young’s Literal Translation

and those indeed are many who have become priests, because by death they are hindered from remaining;

World English Bible

Many, indeed, have been made priests, because they are hindered from continuing by death.

Darby Translation

And they have been many priests, on account of being hindered from continuing by death;

Douay-Rheims

And the others indeed were made many priests, because by reason of death they were not suffered to continue:

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