17 for it is testified, “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Hebrews 7:17. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
How to read this study data
Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.
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Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
μαρτυρεῖ γὰρ ὅτι Σὺ ἱερεὺς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισεδέκ.
μαρτυρεῖ
γὰρ
ὅτι
Σὺ
ἱερεὺς
εἰς
τὸν
αἰῶνα
κατὰ
τὴν
τάξιν
Μελχισεδέκ
- Lemma
- melcisedek
- Transliteration
- melcisedek
- Morphology
- Greek: noun
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Strong's
- G3198
- Occurrences
- 9
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
μαρτυρεῖται γὰρ ὅτι σὺ ἱερεὺς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισέδεκ.
Coverage: New Testament
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܡܣܗܕ ܓܝܪ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܕܐܢܬ ܗܘ ܟܘܡܪܐ ܠܥܠܡ ܒܕܡܘܬܗ ܕܡܠܟܝܙܕܩ
ܡܣܗܕ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܣܗܕ
- Transliteration
- mshd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 22
ܓܝܪ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܓܝܪ
- Transliteration
- gyr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 1085
ܥܠܘܗܝ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܥܠܘܗܝ
- Transliteration
- 'lwhy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 151
ܕܐܢܬ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܐܢܬ
- Transliteration
- d'nt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 27
ܗܘ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܗܘ
- Transliteration
- hu
- Morphology
- pronoun/copula, masculine singular
- Gloss
- he, it, is
- Occurrences
- 1648
ܟܘܡܪܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܟܘܡܪܐ
- Transliteration
- kwmr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 27
ܠܥܠܡ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܥܠܡ
- Transliteration
- l'lm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 62
ܒܕܡܘܬܗ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܒܕܡܘܬܗ
- Transliteration
- bdmwth
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 7
ܕܡܠܟܝܙܕܩ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܡܠܟܝܙܕܩ
- Transliteration
- dmlkyzdq
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 7
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Contestatur enim: Quoniam tu es sacerdos in æternum, secundum ordinem Melchisedech.
contestatur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- contestor
- Transliteration
- contestatur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 26
enim
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- enim
- Transliteration
- enim
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2392
quoniam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quoniam
- Transliteration
- quoniam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1134
tu
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tu
- Transliteration
- tu
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 4602
es
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- es
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
sacerdos
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sacerdos
- Transliteration
- sacerdos
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 777
in
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- in
- Transliteration
- in
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Gloss
- in
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- in, into, among, on
- Etymology
- Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
- Occurrences
- 22264
aeternum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- aeternus
- Transliteration
- aeternum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 306
secundum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- secundum
- Transliteration
- secundum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 529
ordinem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ordo
- Transliteration
- ordinem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 71
Melchisedech
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Melchisedech
- Transliteration
- Melchisedech
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 10
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
Psalms 110:4
The LORD has sworn, and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
16 relevance votesHebrews 5:6
As he says also in another place, “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.”
9 relevance votesHebrews 7:21
(for they indeed have been made priests without an oath), but he with an oath by him that says of him, “The Lord swore and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.’”
6 relevance votesHebrews 7:15
This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,
5 relevance votesHebrews 5:10
named by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
4 relevance votesHebrews 6:20
where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
3 relevance votes