Hebrews 9:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰ γὰρ τὸ αἷμα ταύρων καὶ τράγων, καὶ σποδὸς δαμάλεως ῥαντίζουσα τοὺς κεκοινωμένους, ἁγιάζει πρὸς τὴν τῆς σαρκὸς καθαρότητα:

Transliteration

For if the haima taurōn kai tragōn, and spodos damaleōs rhantizousa tous kekoinōmenous, hagiazei pros tēn tēs sarkos katharotēta:

Grammar Details

*Ei*: conditional particle - 'if'
*gar*: postpositive conjunction - 'for'
*to haima*: nominative neuter singular - 'the blood'
*taurōn*: genitive masculine plural - 'of bulls'
*kai*: conjunction - 'and'
*tragōn*: genitive masculine plural - 'of goats'
*spodos*: nominative feminine singular - 'ashes'
*damaleōs*: genitive feminine singular - 'of a heifer'
*rhantizousa*: present active participle, nominative feminine singular - 'sprinkling'
*tous kekoinōmenous*: perfect passive participle, accusative masculine plural - 'the defiled/unclean ones'
*hagiazei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - 'sanctifies'
*pros*: preposition with accusative - 'for/unto'
*tēn tēs sarkos*: accusative feminine singular + genitive feminine singular - 'the of the flesh'
*katharotēta*: accusative feminine singular - 'purification/cleansing'

Word Meanings

*haima*: blood
*taurōn*: bulls/oxen
*tragōn*: goats
*spodos*: ashes/dust
*damaleōs*: heifer/young cow
*rhantizousa*: sprinkling/scattering
*kekoinōmenous*: defiled/unclean/impure ones
*hagiazei*: sanctifies/makes holy/purifies
*pros*: for/unto/toward
*sarkos*: flesh/body/physical nature
*katharotēta*: purification/cleansing/purity

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Referenced Verses

Lev 16:14-16 : 14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. 15 Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: 16 And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
Num 8:7 : 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
Num 19:2-9 : 2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: 3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times: 5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: 6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. 7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. 8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. 9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin. 10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. 11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. 12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him. 14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. 15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean. 16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. 17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel: 18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: 19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. 20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
2 Chr 30:19 : 19 That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
Ps 51:7 : 7 Purge{H8762)} me with hyssop, and I shall be clean{H8799)}: wash{H8762)} me, and I shall be whiter{H8686)} than snow.
Acts 15:9 : 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

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Heb 9:14
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18And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.
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