διηνεκής
diēnekḗs · G1336 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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always, forever, forever and ever, eternally
Unlimited duration of time, with particular focus upon the future
ExamplesHebrews 7:3 Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he remains a priest perpetually.
Hebrews 10:1 For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the form of those things itself, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually every year, make those who approach perfect.
Hebrews 10:12 but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD,
How it’s used In 1 role
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4 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰςto 7
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Semantic domains 1 entry
- Always, forever, forever and ever, eternally, (with neg.) never67.95
- Used of unceasing, unending duration, as of Melchizedek made to resemble the Son of God, remaining a priest perpetually, in Hebrews 7:3, the Law's inability to perfect for all time those who approach in Hebrews 10:1, Christ's single sacrifice offered for all time in Hebrews 10:12, and believers perfected for all time by that one offering in Hebrews 10:14.
Word family 31 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon διηνεκές (from διήνεγκα, διαφέρω, as the simple ἠνεκης from ἤνεγκα, φέρω), from Homer…
b. c. 1, 4).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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