Hebrews

Hebrews 6:13

¹³When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
God	Θεός	Theos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2316 God, a god
made His promise	ἐπαγγειλάμενος	epangeilamenos	Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular	G1861 I promise, profess
to Abraham	Ἀβραὰμ	Abraam	Noun - Dative Masculine Singular	G11 Abraham
since	ἐπεὶ	epei	Conjunction	G1893 after, for, since, otherwise
He had	εἶχεν	eichen	Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2192 I have, hold, possess
no one	οὐδενὸς	oudenos	Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3762 no one, none, nothing
greater	μείζονος	meizonos	Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular - Comparative	G3173 large, great
to swear	ὀμόσαι	omosai	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active	G3660 I swear, take an oath
by	κατ’	kat’	Preposition	G2596 down from, against, according to, throughout, during
He swore	ὤμοσεν	ōmosen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G3660 I swear, take an oath
by	καθ’	kath’	Preposition	G2596 down from, against, according to, throughout, during
Himself	ἑαυτοῦ	heautou	Reflexive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular	G1438 himself, herself, itself

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.