Hebrews

Hebrews 7:16

¹⁶one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
one who	ὃς	hos	Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3739 who, which, what, that
has become	γέγονεν	gegonen	Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1096 I come into being, am born
not	οὐ	ou	Adverb	G3756 no, not
by	κατὰ	kata	Preposition	G2596 down from, against, according to, throughout, during
a law	νόμον	nomon	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3551 a law, the Mosaic Law
of succession	ἐντολῆς	entolēs	Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular	G1785 an ordinance, injunction, command
but	ἀλλὰ	alla	Conjunction	G235 but, except
by	κατὰ	kata	Preposition	G2596 down from, against, according to, throughout, during
power	δύναμιν	dynamin	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G1411 might, power, marvelous works
of an indestructible	ἀκαταλύτου	akatalytou	Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular	G179 indissoluble, that cannot be broken up
life	ζωῆς	zōēs	Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular	G2222 life

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