Hebrews 7:4 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Θεωρεῖτε	Theōreite	do consider	G2334 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
πηλίκος	pēlikos	how great	G4080 →
οὗτος,	houtos	this one [was],	G3778 →
ᾧ	hō	to whom	G3739 →
καὶ	kai	even	G2532 →
δεκάτην	dekatēn	a tenth	G1182 →
Ἀβραὰμ	Abraam	Abraham	G11 →
ἔδωκεν	edōken	gave	G1325 →
ἐκ	ek	out of	G1537 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
ἀκροθινίων	akrothiniōn	best spoils	G205 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
πατριάρχης.	patriarchēs	patriarch.	G3966 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 2:29
Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
leads to
- Acts 13:36
  For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
- Acts 7:8–9
  Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve…
- 1 Kings 2:10
  Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
Through
Genesis 14:20
and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
leads to
- Genesis 28:22
  And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”
- Hebrews 7:4–9
  Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder.
- Nehemiah 13:12
  and all Judah brought a tenth of the grain, new wine, and oil into the storerooms.
- Malachi 3:10
  Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of…
- Deuteronomy 14:28
  At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Genesis 14:20and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.Acts 2:29Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.Genesis 17:5–6No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.Galatians 3:28–29There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.Acts 7:8–9Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.Genesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.2 Timothy 2:7Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all things.Romans 4:17–18As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.James 2:23And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.Romans 4:11–13And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.Acts 7:8Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.Zechariah 6:12And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD.Hebrews 7:9And so to speak, Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham.

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