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Hebrews 7:6

But Melchizedek, who did not trace his descent from Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.

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ASV

but he whose genealogy is not counted from them hath taken tithes of Abraham, and hath blessed him that hath the promises.

KJV

But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὁhoThe [one]G3588 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
μὴmēnotG3361 →
γενεαλογούμενοςgenealogoumenostracing his ancestryG1075 →
ἐξexfromG1537 →
αὐτῶνautōnthemG846 →
δεδεκάτωκενdedekatōkenhe has collected a tenthG1183 →
Ἀβραάμ·Abraamfrom Abraham;G11 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
τὸνtonthe [one who]G3588 →
ἔχονταechontais havingG2192 →
τὰςtastheG3588 →
ἐπαγγελίαςepangeliaspromisesG1860 →
εὐλόγηκεν.eulogēkenHe has blessed.G2127 →

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Romans 4:13For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.2 Corinthians 1:20For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.Hebrews 7:3Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.Hebrews 7:3–4Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.Genesis 17:4–8“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.Genesis 13:14–17After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,Hebrews 11:17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,Numbers 1:18and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,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.Genesis 14:19–20and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,Galatians 3:16The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.Genesis 22:17–18I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.Hebrews 6:13–15When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,Romans 9:4the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.Hebrews 7:1This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,Acts 3:25And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’Hebrews 11:13All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.Genesis 12:13Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”

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