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Hebrews 7:3

Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.

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ἀπάτωρapatōrWithout fatherἀπάτωρadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “Without father”, the subject formG540without (recorded) father, of unknown father.This verse uses “without father”.Without fatherἀμήτωρamētōrwithout motherἀμήτωρadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “without mother”, the subject formG282(lit: motherless), whose mother's name is not recorded (or known).without motherἀγενεαλόγητοςagenealogētoswithout descentἀγενεαλόγητοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “without descent”, the subject formG35of unrecorded genealogy, whose descent cannot be traced.without descentμήτεmēteneitherμήτεconjunction — “neither”G3383nor, neither, not even, neither...nor.This verse uses “neither”.neitherἀρχὴνarchēnbeginningἀρχή (archē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “beginning”, the object formG746(a) rule (kingly or magisterial), (b) plur: in a quasi-personal sense, almost: rulers, magistrates, (c) beginning.This verse uses “beginning”.beginningἡμερῶνhēmerōnof daysἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, genitive, plural, feminine — “of days”, the of-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.of daysμήτεmētenorμήτεconjunction — “nor”G3383nor, neither, not even, neither...nor.This verse uses “nor”.norζωῆςzōēsof lifeζωή (zōē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of life”, the of-formG2222life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence.of lifeτέλοςtelosgoalτέλοςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “goal”, the object formG5056(a) an end, (b) event or issue, (c) the principal end, aim, purpose, (d) a tax.ἔχωνechōnto haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.ἀφωμοιωμένοςaphōmoiōmenosmade likeἀφομοιόω (aphomoioō)verb, perfect passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “made like”, a completed action with a present resultG871I assimilate, make like to.made likeδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.υἱῷhuiōunto the Sonυἱός (huios)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto the Son”, the to- or for-formG5207a son, descendent.unto the Sonτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouof Godθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.of Godμένειmeneiabidethμένω (menō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “abideth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3306I remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await.abidethἱερεὺςhiereusa priestἱερεύςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a priest”, the subject formG2409a priest, one who offers sacrifice to a god (in Jewish and pagan religions; of Christians only met.).a priestεἰςeiscontinuallyεἰςpreposition — “continually”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.continuallyτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.διηνεκέςdiēnekesperpetualδιηνεκής (diēnekēs)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “perpetual”, the object formG1336continuous, continually, unbroken.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, and being made like to the Son of God, doth remain a priest continually.

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American Standard Version (1901)

without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like unto the Son of God), abideth a priest continually.

Young’s Literal Translation

without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, and being made like to the Son of God, doth remain a priest continually.

World English Bible

without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God), remains a priest continually.

Darby Translation

without father, without mother, without genealogy; having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but assimilated to the Son of God, abides a priest continually.

Douay-Rheims

Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but likened unto the Son of God, continueth a priest for ever.

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