Hebrews Chapter 7 verse 4 Holy Bible

ASV Hebrews 7:4

Now consider how great this man was, unto whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the chief spoils.
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BBE Hebrews 7:4

Now see how great this man was, to whom our father Abraham gave a tenth part of what he had got in the fight.
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DARBY Hebrews 7:4

Now consider how great this [personage] was, to whom [even] the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth out of the spoils.
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KJV Hebrews 7:4

Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
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WBT Hebrews 7:4


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WEB Hebrews 7:4

Now consider how great this man was, to whom even Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the best spoils.
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YLT Hebrews 7:4

And see how great this one `is', to whom also a tenth Abraham the patriarch did give out of the best of the spoils,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - Now consider how great this man was, unto whom Abraham, the patriarch, even gave a tenth of the spoils. The typical significance of Melchizedek is now further seen in what passed between him and Abraham, in respect to tithe and blessing. Alford's inference, that πηλίκος οὕτος, referring as it does, not to the antitype, but to the man himself, implies some mysterious greatness beyond what appears in the original record, does not follow. Of one who simply blessed and received tithes from the great patriarch, the expression is not too strong. Observe the emphatic position, at the end of the Greek sentence, of ὁ παριάρχης, equivalent to "he, the patriarch." Abraham's being this, the father and representative of the chosen race, is what is shown in what follows to give peculiar significance to the transaction. The word ἀκροθίνια (properly, "the chief spoils"), which is not in the LXX., seems introduced to enhance the picture: "Quae Abrahami proprie fuerant, ut victoris" (Bengel).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) How great this man was.--Better, is: the greatness abides, set forth in the words of Scripture. In the rest of the verse (where the best MSS. omit the word "even") it is well to follow the literal rendering, unto whom Abraham gave a tenth out of the chief spoils--(Abraham) the patriarch. "He gave him tithes of all" (Genesis 14:20), but the tenth was selected from the choicest part of the spoils. "Patriarch" is a word used in the LXX. (in Chronicles only) for the head of a family or chief of a clan. In the New Testament it is used of David in Acts 2:29, and twice in Acts 7 of Jacob's sons.The next verse deals with the same subject, but under a new aspect. Here the thought is, Melchizedek received tithes even from Abraham the patriarch; there, He has been thus honoured, though no enactment of law invested him with superior rights.