Hebrews 9:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μετὰ δὲ τὸ δεύτερον καταπέτασμα, σκηνὴ ἡ λεγομένη Ἅγια ἁγίων·

Transliteration

Meta de to deuteron katapetasma, skēnē hē legomenē Hagia hagiōn;

Grammar Details

*Meta*: preposition with accusative - 'after/behind'
*de*: postpositive conjunction - 'and/but'
*to deuteron*: accusative neuter singular - 'the second'
*katapetasma*: accusative neuter singular - 'veil/curtain'
*skēnē*: nominative feminine singular - 'tabernacle/tent'
*hē legomenē*: nominative feminine singular present passive participle - 'the [one] being called'
*Hagia hagiōn*: Nominative neuter plural + genitive neuter plural - 'Holy of Holies'

Word Meanings

*katapetasma*: veil/curtain/hanging
*skēnē*: tabernacle/tent/compartment
*Hagia hagiōn*: Holy of Holies/Most Holy Place/Holiest of All

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Referenced Verses

Exod 26:31-33 : 31 And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made: 32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. 33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
Exod 40:3 : 3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
Exod 40:21 : 21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.
1 Kgs 8:6 : 6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
2 Chr 3:14 : 14 And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
Isa 25:7 : 7 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
Matt 27:51 : 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
Heb 6:19 : 19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
Heb 9:8 : 8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
Heb 10:19-20 : 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Exod 36:35-38 : 35 And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work. 36 And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. 37 And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework; 38 And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Heb 9:1-2
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1Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
2For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
Heb 9:4-9
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4Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
5And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
6Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
7But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
8The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
9Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
Exod 26:33-34
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33And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
34And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
Heb 8:2
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2A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
Heb 9:11
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11But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
Exod 40:9-10
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9And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.
10And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.
Exod 40:3
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3And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
Heb 9:23-24
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23It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
24For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
Heb 10:19-21
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19Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
21And having an high priest over the house of God;
Heb 9:21
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21Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
Exod 40:26
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26And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
Exod 31:7-8
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7The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,
8And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,
Rev 15:5
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5And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
Heb 8:5
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5Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
Exod 30:6
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6And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
Exod 25:9
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9According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
Exod 39:38
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38And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,
2 Chr 3:10
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10And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.
Exod 40:21-22
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21And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.
22And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.
Num 4:4
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4This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:
Exod 26:30-31
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30And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.
31And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
Exod 30:27
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27And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,
Exod 30:29
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29And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
2 Chr 3:14
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14And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
Ezek 41:4
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4So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.
Lev 16:2
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2And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
Exod 35:12
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12The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,
Lev 21:22
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22He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
Exod 35:15
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15And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,
Lev 16:17
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17And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.
Heb 9:18
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18Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
Exod 40:34
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34Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Ezek 42:13
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13Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.
1 Kgs 6:19
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19And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
Heb 6:20
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20Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Lev 16:23
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23And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there: