Bible Verse Dictionary
Hebrews 2:17 - Priest
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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Wherefore | G3606 | ὅθεν |
[Adverb] from which place or source or cause (adverbially or conjugationally) |
in | G2596 | κατά |
[Preposition] (preposition) down (in place or time) in varied relations (according to the case [genitive dative or accusative] with which it is joined) |
all things | G3956 | πᾶς |
[Adjective] apparently a primary word; all any: every the whole |
it behoved | G3784 | ὀφείλω |
[Verb] to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively to be under obligation (ought must: should); morally to fail in duty |
him to be | G1096 | γίνομαι |
[Verb] to cause to be ( |
made like unto | G3666 | ὁμοιόω |
[Verb] to assimilate that is compare; passively to become similar |
his brethren | G80 | ἀδελφός |
[Noun Masculine] a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like [H1]) |
that | G2443 | ἵνα |
[Conjunction] compare G3588); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result) |
he might be | G1096 | γίνομαι |
[Verb] to cause to be ( |
a merciful | G1655 | ἐλεήμων |
[Adjective] compassionate (actively) |
and | G2532 | καί |
[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
faithful | G4103 | πιστός |
[Adjective] objectively trustworthy; subjectively trustful |
high priest | G749 | ἀρχιερεύς |
[Noun Masculine] the high priest (literally of the Jews typically Christ); by extension a chief priest |
in | G2596 | κατά |
[Preposition] (preposition) down (in place or time) in varied relations (according to the case [genitive dative or accusative] with which it is joined) |
things | G3956 | πᾶς |
[Adjective] apparently a primary word; all any: every the whole |
pertaining to God | G2316 | θεός |
[Noun Masculine] a deity especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively a magistrate; by Hebraism very |
to make reconciliation for | G2433 | ἱλάσκομαι |
[Verb] to conciliate that is (transitively) to atone for (sin) or (intransitively) be propitious |
the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
sins | G266 | ἁμαρτία |
[Noun Feminine] sin (properly abstract) |
of the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
people | G2992 | λαός |
[Noun Masculine] a people (in general; thus differing from G1218 which denotes one´ s own populace) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.