Hebrews 7:6
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
מוֹצָאָה
môwtsâʼâh
a family descent; also a sewer
חָשַׁב
châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
אַבְרָהָם
ʼAbrâhâm
Abraham, the later name of Abram
בָרַךְ
bârak
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as...
ἐπαγγελία
epangelía
an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good)
Key Terms in This Verse
ἐπαγγελία epangelía
an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good)
Study G1860 →חָשַׁב châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, ...
Study H2803 →בָרַךְ bârak
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
Study H1288 →אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Study H834 →Cross References
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the eart...
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