Hebrews 1:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

but of the Son [he saith], Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Πρὸς δὲ τὸν Υἱόν, Ὁ θρόνος σου, ὁ Θεός, εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος: ῥάβδος εὐθύτητος ἡ ῥάβδος τῆς βασιλείας σου.

Transliteration

Pros de the Huion, The thronos of you, O Theos, unto the aiōna of the aiōnos: rhabdos of euthtētos the rhabdos of the basileias of you.

Grammar Details

• *Pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
• *de*: conjunction - but/and/now
• *Huion*: accusative, masculine, singular - Son
• *thronos*: nominative, masculine, singular - throne
• *Theos*: vocative, masculine, singular - O God
• *aiōna*: accusative, masculine, singular - age/eternity
• *aiōnos*: genitive, masculine, singular - of age/of eternity
• *rhabdos*: nominative, feminine, singular - rod/scepter
• *euthtētos*: genitive, feminine, singular - of uprightness/righteousness
• *basileias*: genitive, feminine, singular - of kingdom/reign

Word Meanings

• *aiōna tou aiōnos*: forever and ever/for eternity/for all ages
• *rhabdos*: rod/scepter/staff
• *euthtētos*: uprightness/righteousness/straightness

Referenced Verses

• Ps 45:6-7 : 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 7 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
• Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness.
• Zech 9:9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh unto thee; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.
• Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.
• Mal 3:1 : 1 Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.
• John 10:30 : 30 I and the Father are one.
• John 20:28 : 28 {G2532} Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
• Rom 9:5 : 5 whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
• Titus 2:13-14 : 13 looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
• Hos 1:7 : 7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by Jehovah their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
• 1 Cor 15:25 : 25 For he must reign, till he {G302} hath put all his enemies under his feet.
• 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.
• 2 Sam 23:3 : 3 The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, That ruleth in the fear of God,
• Isa 7:14 : 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
• Deut 2:37 : 37 only to the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not near; all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill-country, and wheresoever Jehovah our God forbade us.
• Deut 7:14 : 14 Thou shalt be blessed above all peoples: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
• Ps 72:1-4 : 1 [ A Psalm of Solomon.] Give the king thy judgments, O God, And thy righteousness unto the king's son. 2 He will judge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with justice. 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness. 4 He will judge the poor of the people, He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor.
• Ps 72:7 : 7 In his days shall the righteous flourish, And abundance of peace, till the moon be no more.
• Ps 72:11-14 : 11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; All nations shall serve him. 12 For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper. 13 He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save. 14 He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence; And precious will their blood be in his sight:
• Ps 99:4 : 4 The king's strength also loveth justice; Thou dost establish equity; Thou executest justice and righteousness in Jacob.
• Ps 145:13 : 13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And thy dominion [endureth] throughout all generations.
• Isa 32:1-2 : 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice. 2 And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
• Isa 45:21-22 : 21 Declare ye, and bring [it] forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me. 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.
• Isa 45:25 : 25 In Jehovah shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
• Zech 13:9 : 9 And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
• Jer 38:15 : 15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, thou wilt not hearken unto me.
• John 10:33 : 33 The Jews answered him, {G3004} For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
• Matt 1:23 : 23 Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God with us.
• Luke 1:16-17 : 16 And many of the children of Israel shall be turn unto the Lord their God. 17 And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient [to] [walk] in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared [for him].
• Heb 3:3-4 : 3 For he hath been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he that built the house hath more honor than the house. 4 For every house is builded by some one; but he that built all things is God.
• 2 Pet 1:11 : 11 for thus shall be richly supplied unto you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.