KJV: But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
YLT: and he who was not reckoned by genealogy of them, received tithes from Abraham, and him having the promises he hath blessed,
Darby: but he who has no genealogy from them has tithed Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises.
ASV: but he whose genealogy is not counted from them hath taken tithes of Abraham, and hath blessed him that hath the promises.
| ὁ | The [one] |
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Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| δὲ | however |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: δέ Sense: but, moreover, and, etc. |
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| γενεαλογούμενος | tracing his ancestry |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Middle or Passive, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: γενεαλογέω Sense: to recount a family’s origin and lineage, trace ancestry. |
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| δεδεκάτωκεν | has collected a tenth |
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Parse: Verb, Perfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: δεκατόω Sense: to exact or receive the tenth part. |
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| Ἀβραάμ | from Abraham |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: Ἀβραάμ Sense: the son of Terah and the founder of the Jewish nation. |
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| τὸν | the [one] |
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Parse: Article, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| ἐπαγγελίας | promises |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Plural Root: ἐπαγγελία Sense: announcement. |
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| εὐλόγηκεν | has blessed |
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Parse: Verb, Perfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: εὐλογέω Sense: to praise, celebrate with praises. |
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Greek Commentary for Hebrews 7:6
Articular participle with negative μη mē (usual with participles) of the old verb γενεαλογεω genealogeō trace ancestry (cf. Hebrews 7:3) Hath taken tithes Perfect active indicative of δεκατοω dekatoō standing on record in Genesis. Hath blessed Perfect active indicative of ευλογεω eulogeō likewise standing on record. Note the frequent perfect tenses in Hebrews. Him that hath the promises Cf. Hebrews 6:12, Hebrews 6:13-15 for allusion to the repeated promises to Abraham (Genesis 12:3, Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:14; Genesis 15:5; Genesis 17:5; Genesis 22:16-18). [source]
Lit. he who is not genealogically derived from them: Melchisedec. The verb N.T.oReceived tithes of AbrahamMelchisedec, who has no part in the Levitical genealogy, and therefore no legal right to exact tithes, took tithes from the patriarch himself. Hence he was greater than Abraham. The right of the Levitical priest to receive tithes was only a legal right, conferred by special statute, and therefore implied no intrinsic superiority to his brethren; but Melchisedec, though having no legal right, received tithes from Abraham as a voluntary gift, which implied Abraham's recognition of his personal greatness. [source]
Melchisedec, who has no part in the Levitical genealogy, and therefore no legal right to exact tithes, took tithes from the patriarch himself. Hence he was greater than Abraham. The right of the Levitical priest to receive tithes was only a legal right, conferred by special statute, and therefore implied no intrinsic superiority to his brethren; but Melchisedec, though having no legal right, received tithes from Abraham as a voluntary gift, which implied Abraham's recognition of his personal greatness. [source]
Melchisedec accepted the position accorded to him by Abraham's gift of tithes by bestowing on Abraham his blessing, and Abraham recognized his superiority by accepting his blessing. He who had received the divine promises might have been supposed to be above being blessed by any man. The significance of this acceptance is brought out in the next verse. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Hebrews 7:6
The exact phrase only here. Comp. 2 Corinthians 7:1; Hebrews 7:6. The participle is explanatory, since it has promise. For ἐπαγγελία promisesee on Acts 1:4. [source]
Both words PastoFor γενεαλογία (olxx) comp. Titus 3:9. Γενεαλογεῖσθαι totrace ancestry, only Hebrews 7:6; comp. 1 Chronicles 5:1, the only instance in lxx. Ἁπέραντος endlessN.T.oTwice in lxx. By some the genealogies are referred to the Gnostic aeons or series of emanations from the divine unity; by others to the O.T. Genealogies as interpreted allegorically by Philo, and made the basis of a psychological system, or O.T. Genealogies adorned with fables: by others again to genealogical registers proper, used to foster the religious and national pride of the Jews against Gentiles, or to ascertain the descent of the Messiah. Ἁπέραντος from ἀ notand πέρας limitor terminus. Πέρας may be taken in the sense of object or aim, so that the adjective here may mean without object, useless. (So Chrysostom, Holtzmann, and von Soden.) Others take it in a popular sense, as describing the tedious length of the genealogies (Alford); and others that these matters furnish an inexhaustible subject of study (Weiss). “Fables and endless genealogies” form a single conception, the καὶ and being explanatory, that is to say, and the “endless genealogies” indicating in what the peculiarity of the fables consists. [source]