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Hebrews 1:7 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 1 · verse 7
And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.Hebrews 1:7 · King James Version
Hebrews 1:7 in context
5For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
6And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
7And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
8But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
9Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
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Key words (Strong's)
- ministersleitourgosa public minister, a servant of the state, a minister, servant, so of military labourers…G3011 →
- spiritspneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
- angelsangelosa messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from GodG32 →
- makethpoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
- saithlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- flamephloxa flameG5395 →
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The apostle, having proved the pre-eminence of the gospel above the law from the pre-eminence of the Lord Jesus Christ above the prophets, now proceeds to show that he is much superior not only to the prophets, but to the angels themselves.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-14