Hebrews 7:7

The writer compares Abraham with the priest Melchizedek.

Greek

χωρὶςkoh-REESδὲdehπάσηςPAH-saysἀντιλογίαςan-tih-lo-GEE-asτὸtoἔλαττονEH-lah-tonὑπὸhoo-POτοῦtooκρείττονοςKRAY-to-nosεὐλογεῖται.ew-lo-GAY-tai

Latin

SineSIH-nehūllāOO-lahautemOW-temcontrādictiōne,kon-trah-dik-tee-OH-nehquodkwodminusMIH-nusest,estāahmeliōremeh-lee-OH-rehbenedīcitur.beh-neh-DEE-kih-tur

English

Now, with no dispute at all, the lesser one is blessed by the better one.

Word by word

Greek	Latin	Note
χωρὶςfrom χωρίς, “without, apart from”	Sinefrom sine	χωρὶς, sine: without.
δὲfrom δέ, “but, and, now”	autemall forms	δὲ, autem.
πάσηςfrom πᾶς, “all, every”	ūllāfrom ūllus	πάσης: all, here any. Latin: ūllā, any.
ἀντιλογίαςfrom ἀντιλογία, “dispute, contradiction”	contrādictiōnefrom contrādictiō	ἀντιλογίας: dispute, from ἀντιλογία, a speaking against. Latin: contrādictiōne.
τὸ ἔλαττονfrom ἐλάσσων, “lesser, smaller”	quod minus estfrom parvus	τὸ ἔλαττον: the lesser, from ἐλάσσων. Latin: quod minus est, what is less.
ὑπὸ τοῦ κρείττονοςfrom κρείττων, “greater, better”	ā meliōrefrom bonus	ὑπὸ τοῦ κρείττονος: by the better, from κρείττων. Latin: ā meliōre.
εὐλογεῖταιfrom εὐλογέω, “to bless”	benedīciturfrom benedīcō	εὐλογεῖται: is blessed, from εὐλογέω, to speak well of. Latin: benedīcitur, from benedīcō.

New core words

Greek

None new in this passage.

Latin

benedīcō bless; praise

Greek core words met327 / 345 Latin core words met327 / 345

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