Hebrews 7:1-10. Chiastic structure copied from Chiastic Analysis
of the Epistle to the Hebrews, arranged by John Bligh (Athenaeum
Press, Heythrop College, Oxon, England: 1966). Bligh's work is almost entirely
in Greek. For website purposes, I have used unaccented Greek from the Unbound Bible,
Nestle-Aland 26,
at unbound.biola.edu
I have added English from the New American Standard Bible, revised.
A | 7:1 outoV
gar o melcisedek basileuV salhm iereuV tou qeou tou uyistou o sunanthsaV
abraam upostrefonti apo thV kophV twn basilewn kai euloghsaV auton
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, |
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B | 2 w kai
dekathn apo pantwn emerisen abraam prwton men ermhneuomenoV basileuV
dikaiosunhV epeita de kai basileuV salhm o estin basileuV eirhnhV
to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth part of all the spoils, was first of all, by the translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace. |
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C | 3 apatwr
amhtwr agenealoghtoV mhte archn hmerwn mhte zwhV teloV ecwn afwmoiwmenoV
de tw uiw tou qeou menei iereuV eiV to dihnekeV
Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he remains a priest perpetually. |
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D | 4 qewreite
de phlikoV outoV w [kai] dekathn abraam edwken ek twn akroqiniwn o
patriarchV
Now observe how great this man was to whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth of the choicest spoils. |
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E | 5 kai oi
men ek twn uiwn leui thn ierateian lambanonteV entolhn ecousin
apodekatoun
And those indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest’s office have commandment... to collect a tenth |
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F | ton laon
kata ton nomon from the people,... in the Law |
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G | tout estin touV
adelfouV autwn that is, from their brethren, |
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F* | kaiper
exelhluqotaV ek thV osfuoV abraam although these are descended from Abraham. |
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E* | 6 o de mh
genealogoumenoV ex autwn dedekatwken abraam kai ton econta taV
epaggeliaV euloghken
But the one whose genealogy is not traced from them collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises. |
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D* | 7 cwriV de
pashV antilogiaV to elatton upo tou kreittonoV eulogeitai
But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater. |
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C* | 8 kai wde
men dekataV apoqnhskonteV anqrwpoi lambanousin ekei de marturoumenoV oti
zh
In this case mortal men receive tithes, but in that case one receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives on. |
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B* | 9 kai wV
epoV eipein di abraam kai leui o dekataV lambanwn dedekatwtai 10 eti
gar en th osfui tou patroV hn
And, so to speak, through Abraham even Levi, who received tithes, paid tithes, 10 for he was still in the loins of his father |
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A* | ote sunhnthsen autw melcisedek when Melchizedek met him. |