Hebrews 9:18

ὅθεν οὐδ' ἡ πρώτη χωρὶς αἵματος ἐγκεκαίνισται·
Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
ὅθεν
G3606 CONJ
hothen
from which place or source or cause (adverb or conjunction)
  • from which, whence
    • of the place from which
      • "of the source from which a thing is known, from which, whereby"of the cause from which, for which reason, wherefore, on which account
οὐδ'
G3761
oude
not however, i.e., neither, nor, not even
  • but not, neither, nor, not even
ἡ
G3588 T-NSF
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
πρώτη
G4413 A-NSF
prōtos
foremost (in time, place, order or importance)
  • first in time or place
    • in any succession of things or persons
    first in rank
    • influence, honor
      • "chief"principal
    first, at the first
χωρὶς
G5565 PREP
chōris
at a space, i.e., separately or apart from (often as preposition)
  • separate, apart
    • without any
      • "besides
αἵματος
G129 N-GSN
haima
blood, literally (of men or animals), figuratively (the juice of grapes) or specially (the atoning blood of Christ); by implication, bloodshed, also kindred
  • blood
    • of man or animals
      • "refers to the seat of life"of those things that resemble blood, grape juice
    blood shed, to be shed by violence, slay, murder
ἐγκεκαίνισται·
G1457 V-RPI-3S
enkainizō
to renew, i.e., inaugurate
  • to renew
    • "to do anew, again"to initiate, consecrate, dedication

ὅθεν οὐδ' ἡ πρώτη χωρὶς αἵματος ἐγκεκαίνισται·
18
Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
Cross References

Exodus 24:3

וַיָּבֹא מֹשֶׁה וַיְסַפֵּר לָעָם אֵת כָּל-דִּבְרֵי יְהוָה וְאֵת כָּל-הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים וַיַּעַן כָּל-הָעָם קוֹל אֶחָד וַיֹּאמְרוּ כָּל-הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר-דִּבֶּר יְהוָה נַֽעֲשֶֽׂה׃
3
And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.

Hebrews 9:14

πόσῳ μᾶλλον τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὃς διὰ πνεύματος αἰωνίου ἑαυτὸν προσήνεγκεν ἄμωμον τῷ θεῷ καθαριεῖ τὴν συνείδησιν ὑμῶν ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων εἰς τὸ λατρεύειν θεῷ ζῶντι
14
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Hebrews 8:7

Εἰ γὰρ ἡ πρώτη ἐκείνη ἦν ἄμεμπτος οὐκ ἂν δευτέρας ἐζητεῖτο τόπος
7
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

Hebrews 9:22

καὶ σχεδὸν ἐν αἵματι πάντα καθαρίζεται κατὰ τὸν νόμον καὶ χωρὶς αἱματεκχυσίας οὐ γίνεται ἄφεσις
22
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

Exodus 12:22

וּלְקַחְתֶּם אֲגֻדַּת אֵזוֹב וּטְבַלְתֶּם בַּדָּם אֲשֶׁר-בַּסַּף וְהִגַּעְתֶּם אֶל-הַמַּשְׁקוֹף וְאֶל-שְׁתֵּי הַמְּזוּזֹת מִן-הַדָּם אֲשֶׁר בַּסָּף וְאַתֶּם לֹא תֵֽצְאוּ אִישׁ מִפֶּֽתַח-בֵּיתוֹ עַד-בֹּֽקֶר׃
22
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
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