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Hebrews 8:3

For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.

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πᾶςpaseveryπᾶςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “every”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.everyγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἀρχιερεὺςarchiereushigh priestἀρχιερεύςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “high priest”, the subject formG749high priest, chief priest.This verse uses “high priest”.high priestεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.προσφέρεινprosphereinto offerπροσφέρω (prospherō)verb, present active infinitive — “to offer”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4374(a) I bring to, (b) characteristically: I offer (of gifts, sacrifices, etc).This verse uses “offer”.offerδῶράdōragiftsδῶρον (dōron)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “gifts”, the object formG1435a gift, present.giftsτεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.andκαὶkaialsoκαίconjunction — “also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.alsoθυσίαςthusiassacrificeθυσία (thusia)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “sacrifice”, the object formG2378abstr. and concr: sacrifice; a sacrifice, offering.καθίσταταιkathistataito appointκαθίστημι (kathistēmi)verb, present passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to appoint”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2525I set down, bring down to a place; I set in order, appoint, make, constitute.This verse uses “appoint”.ὅθενhothenwhenceὅθενconjunction — “whence”G3606(a) whence, from which place, (b) wherefore.This verse uses “whence”.ἀναγκαῖονanankaionnecessaryἀναγκαῖος (anankaios)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “necessary”, the subject formG316necessary, essential, intimate, right, proper.This verse uses “necessary”.ἔχεινecheinto haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active infinitive — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.τιtioneτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “one”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.καὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.τοῦτονtoutonthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ὃhotoὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “to”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.toπροσενέγκῃprosenenkēofferπροσφέρω (prospherō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “offer”, a single actionG4374(a) I bring to, (b) characteristically: I offer (of gifts, sacrifices, etc).This verse uses “offer”.offer

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for every chief priest to offer both gifts and sacrifices is appointed, whence [it is] necessary for this one to have also something that he may offer;

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American Standard Version (1901)

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that this high priest also have somewhat to offer.

Young’s Literal Translation

for every chief priest to offer both gifts and sacrifices is appointed, whence [it is] necessary for this one to have also something that he may offer;

World English Bible

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.

Darby Translation

For every high priest is constituted for the offering both of gifts and sacrifices; whence it is needful that this one also should have something which he may offer.

Douay-Rheims

For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that he also should have some thing to offer.

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