Greek Parsing — Raw Output
Heb 9:7 — High Priest Enters Alone with Blood
εἰς δὲ τὴν δευτέραν ἅπαξ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ μόνος ὁ ἀρχιερεύς,
οὐ χωρὶς αἵματος, ὃ προσφέρει ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τῶν τοῦ λαοῦ ἀγνοημάτων
Key words:
- ἅπαξ (hapax) — ADV — "once" (once per year)
- μόνος (monos) — A-NSM — "alone" (Nom Sg M) — high priest ALONE
- ἀρχιερεύς (archiereus) — N-NSM (G749) — "high priest"
- αἵματος (haimatos) — N-GSN (G129) — "of blood" (Gen Sg) — NOT without blood
- προσφέρει (prospherei) — V-PAI-3S (G4374) — "he offers" (Present Active Indicative) — note: PRESENT tense, describing the ongoing ritual pattern
- ἀγνοημάτων (agnoēmatōn) — N-GPN (G51) — "of errors/ignorances" (Gen Pl N) — sins characterized as errors of ignorance, NOT deliberate rebellion
Heb 9:12 — Christ Enters with His Own Blood
οὐδὲ δι' αἵματος τράγων καὶ μόσχων, διὰ δὲ τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος,
εἰσῆλθεν ἐφάπαξ εἰς τὰ ἅγια, αἰωνίαν λύτρωσιν εὑράμενος
Key words:
- τράγων (tragōn) — N-GPM (G5131) — "of goats" (Gen Pl M)
- μόσχων (moschōn) — N-GPM (G3448) — "of calves" (Gen Pl M) — echoes the bullock+goat of DOA
- ἰδίου (idiou) — A-GSN (G2398) — "his own" (Gen Sg N) — emphatic: HIS OWN blood, not another's
- εἰσῆλθεν (eisēlthen) — V-2AAI-3S (G1525) — "he entered" — AORIST Active Indicative — completed, one-time act
- ἐφάπαξ (ephapax) — ADV (G2178) — "once for all" — stronger than hapax in v.7
- τὰ ἅγια (ta hagia) — A-APN (G40) — "the holy places" (Acc Pl N) — plural, encompassing the whole sanctuary
- λύτρωσιν (lytrōsin) — N-ASF (G3085) — "redemption" (Acc Sg F)
- εὑράμενος (heuramenos) — V-2AMP-NSM (G2147) — "having obtained" — Aorist MIDDLE Participle — circumstantial/temporal: HAVING obtained redemption, he entered. The redemption was obtained at/through the entering.
Heb 9:13-14 — A Fortiori Argument (Blood of Bulls → Blood of Christ)
v.13: εἰ γὰρ τὸ αἷμα τράγων καὶ ταύρων... ἁγιάζει πρὸς τὴν τῆς σαρκὸς καθαρότητα
v.14: πόσῳ μᾶλλον τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ... καθαριεῖ τὴν συνείδησιν
Key words v.13:
- ῥαντίζουσα (rhantizusa) — V-PAP-NSF (G4472) — "sprinkling" (Pres Act Ptcp) — echoes the nazah of Lev 16:14-15
- κεκοινωμένους (kekoinōmenous) — V-RPP-APM (G2840) — "those who have been defiled" (Perf Pass Ptcp) — PERFECT tense = existing state of defilement
- ἁγιάζει (hagiazei) — V-PAI-3S (G37) — "sanctifies" (Pres Act Ind)
- καθαρότητα (katharotēta) — N-ASF (G2514) — "purifying/cleanness" (Acc Sg F) — hapax, only occurrence
Key words v.14:
- προσήνεγκεν (prosēnenken) — V-AAI-3S (G4374) — "he offered" — Aorist Active Indicative — COMPLETED offering
- ἄμωμον (amōmon) — A-ASM (G299) — "without blemish/spot" — echoes tamim requirement of OT sacrifice
- καθαριεῖ (kathariei) — V-FAI-3S (G2511) — "shall cleanse" — FUTURE Active Indicative — taher→katharizo bridge, the DOA cleansing applied to conscience
- συνείδησιν (syneidēsin) — N-ASF (G4893) — "conscience" — shift from "flesh" (sarx) in v.13 to "conscience" in v.14 — the antitype operates on the INNER dimension
Heb 9:22 — Almost All Things Purged with Blood
καὶ σχεδὸν ἐν αἵματι πάντα καθαρίζεται κατὰ τὸν νόμον,
καὶ χωρὶς αἱματεκχυσίας οὐ γίνεται ἄφεσις
Key words:
- σχεδὸν (schedon) — ADV (G4975) — "almost" — qualifying "all"
- καθαρίζεται (katharizeta) — V-PPI-3S (G2511) — "is purified/cleansed" — Present Passive Indicative — taher→katharizo
- κατὰ τὸν νόμον — "according to the law"
- αἱματεκχυσίας (haimatekchysias) — N-GSF (G130) — "shedding of blood" — hapax, compound noun
- ἄφεσις (aphesis) — N-NSF (G859) — "remission/release/forgiveness"
Two principles:
1. Almost everything is cleansed (katharizo) by blood
2. Without blood-shedding, no aphesis (forgiveness/release)
Heb 9:23 — Heavenly Things Purified with Better Sacrifices
Ἀνάγκη οὖν τὰ μὲν ὑποδείγματα τῶν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς τούτοις καθαρίζεσθαι,
αὐτὰ δὲ τὰ ἐπουράνια κρείττοσιν θυσίαις παρὰ ταύτας
Key words:
- Ἀνάγκη (anankē) — N-NSF (G318) — "necessity" (Nom Sg F) — it was NECESSARY
- ὑποδείγματα (hypodeigmata) — N-APN (G5262) — "patterns/copies" (Acc Pl N) — earthly sanctuary = PATTERN
- καθαρίζεσθαι (katharizesthai) — V-PPN (G2511) — "to be purified" — Present Passive INFINITIVE — katharizo = taher in LXX
- ἐπουράνια (epourania) — A-APN (G2032) — "heavenly things" (Acc Pl N) — the HEAVENLY realities themselves
- κρείττοσιν (kreittosin) — A-DPF-C (G2909) — "better" (Dat Pl F) — comparative
- θυσίαις (thysiais) — N-DPF (G2378) — "sacrifices" (Dat Pl F) — PLURAL despite one sacrifice = comprehensive scope
The heavenly things THEMSELVES (auta) needed purification (katharizesthai) — same verb as Lev 16:19,30 via LXX taher→katharizo bridge.
Heb 9:28 — Christ Bearing Sins of Many
οὕτως καὶ ὁ Χριστός, ἅπαξ προσενεχθεὶς εἰς τὸ πολλῶν ἀνενεγκεῖν ἁμαρτίας,
ἐκ δευτέρου χωρὶς ἁμαρτίας ὀφθήσεται τοῖς αὐτὸν ἀπεκδεχομένοις εἰς σωτηρίαν
Key words:
- προσενεχθεὶς (prosenechtheis) — V-APP-NSM (G4374) — "having been offered" — Aorist PASSIVE Ptcp — Christ was OFFERED (passive voice = God offered him / he was offered by divine will)
- ἀνενεγκεῖν (anenenkein) — V-2AAN (G399) — "to bear up" — Aorist Active INFINITIVE of ἀναφέρω — PURPOSE: Christ was offered FOR THE PURPOSE OF bearing sins. This is the priestly sin-bearing verb (cf. 1 Pet 2:24). The anaphero echoes the LXX of Isa 53:12 (nasa → anaphero).
- ἁμαρτίας (hamartias) — N-APF (G266) — "sins" (Acc Pl F) — object of bearing
- πολλῶν (pollōn) — A-GPM (G4183) — "of many" (Gen Pl M)
- ὀφθήσεται (ophthēsetai) — V-FPI-3S (G3708) — "shall appear/be seen" — Future Passive — second appearance
- χωρὶς ἁμαρτίας — "without/apart from sin" — at second coming, no sin remains
- σωτηρίαν (sōtērian) — N-ASF (G4991) — "salvation" — final salvation at return
Two appearances structure:
1. First: προσενεχθεὶς... ἀνενεγκεῖν ἁμαρτίας — offered to bear sins (DOA sacrifice + priestly bearing)
2. Second: χωρὶς ἁμαρτίας... εἰς σωτηρίαν — without sin, for salvation (DOA completion, high priest emerging from Holy Place)