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Hebrews 9:23

It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

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Ἀνάγκηanankēnecessaryἀνάγκηnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “necessary”, the subject formG318necessity, constraint, compulsion; there is need to; force, violence.necessaryοὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.τὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μὲνmenof thingsμένconjunction — “of things”G3303an untranslatable particle, generally answered by "de", each of the two introducing a clause intended to be contrasted with the other.of thingsὑποδείγματαhupodeigmataexampleὑπόδειγμα (hupodeigma)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “example”, the object formG5262(a) a figure, copy, (b) an example, model.This verse uses “example”.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανοῖςouranoisheavensοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “heavens”, the to- or for-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.the heavensτούτοιςtoutoiswith theseοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, plural, neuter — “with these”, the to- or for-formG3778this; he, she, it.with theseκαθαρίζεσθαιkatharizesthaito cleanκαθαρίζω (katharizō)verb, present passive infinitive — “to clean”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2511I cleanse, make clean, literally, ceremonially, or spiritually, according to context.αὐτὰautathemselvesαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “themselves”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.themselvesδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐπουράνιαepouraniaheavenlyἐπουράνιος (epouranios)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “heavenly”, the object formG2032heavenly, celestial, in the heavenly sphere, the sphere of spiritual activities; met: divine, spiritual.This verse uses “heavenly”.κρείττοσιkreittosigreaterκρείττων (kreíttōn)adjective, comparative, dative, plural, feminine — “greater”, the to- or for-formG2909Strong’s files this form under G2908 (κρεῖσσον).with betterθυσίαιςthusiaissacrificesθυσία (thusia)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “sacrifices”, the to- or for-formG2378abstr. and concr: sacrifice; a sacrifice, offering.sacrificesπαρὰparathanπαράpreposition — “than”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.thanταύταςtautastheseοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, feminine — “these”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.these

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

[It is] necessary, therefore, the pattern indeed of the things in the heavens to be purified with these, and the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these;

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American Standard Version (1901)

It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

Young’s Literal Translation

[It is] necessary, therefore, the pattern indeed of the things in the heavens to be purified with these, and the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these;

World English Bible

It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

Darby Translation

[It was] necessary then that the figurative representations of the things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with sacrifices better than these.

Douay-Rheims

It is necessary therefore that the patterns of heavenly things should be cleansed with these: but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

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