Hebrews 7:9
New Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
שָׁלַם
shâlam
to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate ...
אַבְרָהָם
ʼAbrâhâm
Abraham, the later name of Abram
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁלַם shâlam
to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications)
Study H7999 →Cross References
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
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