King James Version

Hebrews 9:11

But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “having come” (γενομένων) before good things here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “coming” (μελλόντων) before good things here.

ΧριστὸςchristosChristΧριστόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the subject formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.Christδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.παραγενόμενοςparagenomenosbeing comeπαραγίνομαι (paraginomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “being come”, a single actionG3854(a) I come on the scene, appear, come, (b) with words expressing destination: I present myself at, arrive at, reach.This verse uses “come”.being comeἀρχιερεὺςarchiereusan high priestἀρχιερεύςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “an high priest”, the subject formG749high priest, chief priest.This verse uses “high priest”.an high priestτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γενομένωνgenomenōnto comeγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle participle, genitive, plural, neuter — “to come”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.to comeἀγαθῶνagathōngood-doerἀγαθός (agathos)adjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “good-doer”, the of-formG18intrinsically good, good in nature, good whether it be seen to be so or not, the widest and most colorless of all words with this meaning.διὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.μείζονοςmeizonosgreatμέγας (megas)adjective, comparative, genitive, singular, feminine — “great”, the of-formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτελειοτέραςteleioterasmore perfectτέλειος (teleios)adjective, comparative, genitive, singular, feminine — “more perfect”, the of-formG5046perfect, (a) complete in all its parts, (b) full grown, of full age, (c) specially of the completeness of Christian character.This verse uses “perfect”.more perfectσκηνῆςskēnēstabernacleσκηνή (skēnē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “tabernacle”, the of-formG4633a tent, booth, tabernacle, abode, dwelling, mansion, habitation.This verse uses “tabernacle”.tabernacleοὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notχειροποιήτουcheiropoiētoumade with handsχειροποίητος (cheiropoiētos)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “made with hands”, the of-formG5499done or made with hands, artificial.made with handsτοῦτ’toutthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ἔστινestinthat is to sayεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “that is to say”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.that is to sayοὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notταύτηςtautēsof thisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of this”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.of thisτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κτίσεωςktiseōsbuildingκτίσις (ktisis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “building”, the of-formG2937(often of the founding of a city), (a) abstr: creation, (b) concr: creation, creature, institution; always of Divine work, (c) an institution, ordinance.building

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

μελλόντωνmellontōnto comeμέλλω (mellō)verb, second aorist deponent participle, genitive, plural, neuter — “to come”, a single actionG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Christ being come, chief priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands — that is, not of this creation —

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American Standard Version (1901)

But Christ having come a high priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,

Young’s Literal Translation

And Christ being come, chief priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands — that is, not of this creation —

World English Bible

But Christ having come as a high priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,

Darby Translation

But Christ being come high priest of the good things to come, by the better and more perfect tabernacle not made with hand, (that is, not of this creation,)

Douay-Rheims

But Christ, being come an high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hand, that is, not of this creation:

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