King James Version

Hebrews 7:8

And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andὧδεhōdehereὧδεadverb — “here”G5602here, the things here, what is here, what is going on here, the state of affairs here.hereμὲνmenon 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.δεκάταςdekatastenthδεκάτη (dekátē)adjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “tenth”, the object formG1181Strong’s files this form under G1182 (δέκατος).tithesἀποθνῄσκοντεςapothnēskontesto dieἀποθνῄσκω (apothnēskō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to die”, an ongoing or repeated actionG599I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay.ἄνθρωποιanthrōpoia humanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “a human”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.λαμβάνουσινlambanousinto takeλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to take”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.This verse uses “take”.ἐκεῖekeithereἐκεῖadverb — “there”G1563(a) there, yonder, in that place, (b) thither, there.This verse uses “there”.thereδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.μαρτυρούμενοςmarturoumenosto testifyμαρτυρέω (martureō)verb, present passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to testify”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3140I witness, bear witness, give evidence, testify, give a good report.This verse uses “testify”.he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessedὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatζῇzēhe livethζάω (zaō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he liveth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2198I live, am alive.he liveth

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and here, indeed, men who die do receive tithes, and there [he], who is testified to that he was living,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And here men that die receive tithes; but there one, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

Young’s Literal Translation

and here, indeed, men who die do receive tithes, and there [he], who is testified to that he was living,

World English Bible

Here people who die receive tithes, but there one receives tithes of whom it is testified that he lives.

Darby Translation

And here dying men receive tithes; but there [one] of whom the witness is that he lives;

Douay-Rheims

And here indeed, men that die, receive thithes: but there he hath witness, that he liveth.

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