Hebrews 9:23
It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.This verse in the real world
In what words
- ὑπόδειγμαhypódeigmaan exhibit for imitation or warning (figuratively, specimen, adumbration)
- ἐπουράνιοςepourániosabove the sky
- κρείττωνkreíttōnstronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. nobler
- ἀνάγκηanánkēconstraint (literally or figuratively); by implication, distress
- τούτοιςtoútoisto (for, in, with or by) these (persons or things)
- καθαρίζωkatharízōto cleanse (literally or figuratively)
- θυσίαthysíasacrifice (the act or the victim, literally or figuratively)
- παράparáproperly, near; i.e. (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with d
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Pe 1:19–21, Heb 10:4, Heb 9:14, Heb 9:9–12, Heb 9:24, Heb 8:5, Rev 5:9, Col 2:17