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Hebrews 9:17 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 9 · verse 17 · King James Version
For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.Hebrews 9:17 · King James Version
Hebrews 9:17 in context
15And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
16For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
17For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
18Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
19For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
Key words (Strong's)
- testamentdiathēkēa disposition, arrangement, of any sort, which one wishes to be valid, the last…G1242 →
- otherwiseepeiwhen, since, of time after, of cause since, seeing that, becauseG1893 →
- strengthischyōto be strong, to be strong in body, to be robust, to be in sound health, to have power…G2480 →
- testatordiatithēmito arrange, dispose of, one s own affairs, of something that belongs to one, to dispose…G1303 →
- forcebebaiosstable, fast, firm, metaph. sure, trustyG949 →
- afterepiupon, on, at, by, before, of position, on, at, by, over, against, to, over, on, at…G1909 →
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