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Hebrews 7:12

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← Hebrews 7:11	Hebrews 7:12 (KJV)	Hebrews 7:13 →
If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need [was there] that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?	For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.	For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For^G1063 the priesthood^G2420 being changed^G3346, there is made^G1096 of^G1537 necessity^G318 a change^G3331 also^G2532 of the law^G3551.

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Original Greek

μετατιθεμένης γὰρ τῆς ἱερωσύνης, ἐξ ἀνάγκης καὶ νόμου μετάθεσις γίνεται.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
μετατιθεμένης	metatithemenēs	G3346	V-PPP-GSF	being changed
γὰρ	gar	G1063	CONJ	For
τῆς	tēs	G3588	T-GSF	the
ἱερωσύνης,	hierōsunēs	G2420	N-GSF	priesthood
ἐξ	ex	G1537	PREP	of
ἀνάγκης	anankēs	G318	N-GSF	necessity
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ	also
νόμου	nomou	G3551	N-GSM	of the law
μετάθεσις	metathesis	G3331	N-NSF	a change
γίνεται.	ginetai	G1096	V-PNI-3S	there is made

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G318 — ἀνάγκη (anánkē, an-ang-kay'): necessity, constraint, compulsion — from ἀνά and the base of ἀγκάλη; constraint (literally or figuratively); by implication, distress:--distress, must needs, (of) necessity(-sary), needeth, needful.
• G1063 — γάρ (gár, gar): for — a primary particle; properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles):--and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
• G1096 — γίνομαι (gínomai, ghin'-om-ahee): I come into being, am born — a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.):--arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
• G1537 — ἐκ (ek, ek): from out, out from among, from — a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote):--after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, …ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
• G2420 — ἱερωσύνη (hierōsýnē, hee-er-o-soo'-nay): the priestly office — from ἱερός; sacredness, i.e. (by implication) the priestly office:--priesthood.
• G2532 — καί (kaí, kahee): and, even, also, namely — apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
• G3331 — μετάθεσις (metáthesis, met-ath'-es-is): change, transformation, removal — from μετατίθημι; transposition, i.e. transferral (to heaven), disestablishment (of a law):--change, removing, translation.
• G3346 — μετατίθημι (metatíthēmi, met-at-ith'-ay-mee): I transfer, desert, change — from μετά and τίθημι; to transfer, i.e. (literally) transport, (by implication) exchange, (reflexively) change sides, or (figuratively) pervert:--carry over, change, remove, translate, turn.
• G3551 — νόμος (nómos, nom'-os): a law, the Mosaic Law — from a primary (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals); law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle):--law.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• a change — Isaiah 66:21, Jeremiah 31:31-34, Ezekiel 16:61, Acts 6:13-14

Reciprocal references (2): Hebrews 7:18, Hebrews 8:13

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: TYPES OF CHRIST
• Nave’s: MELCHIZEDEK, PRIEST, SUCCESSION, TYPES

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