Heb 7:8-10 | RWP | e4.org | Here ( ωδε ). In the Levitical system. There ( εκε ). In the case of Melchizedek. Of whom it is witnessed ( μαρτυρουμενος ). "Being witnessed," present passive participle of μαρτυρεω (personal construction, not impersonal). That he lives ( οτ ζη ). Present active indicative of ζαω ). The Genesis record tells nothing of his death.

‏ Hebrews 7:8-10

Here ( ωδε ). In the Levitical system.

There ( εκε ). In the case of Melchizedek.

Of whom it is witnessed ( μαρτυρουμενος ). "Being witnessed," present passive participle of μαρτυρεω (personal construction, not impersonal).

That he lives ( οτ ζη ). Present active indicative of ζαω ). The Genesis record tells nothing of his death.

So to say ( ως επος ειπειν ). An old idiom, here only in the N.T., common in Philo, used to limit a startling statement, an infinitive for conceived result with ως.

Hath paid tithes ( δεδεκατωτα ). Perfect passive indicative of δεκατοω, "has been tithed." This could only be true of Levi "so to speak."

In the loins of his father ( εν τη οσφυ του πατρος ). Levi was not yet born. The reference is to Abraham, the forefather ( πατρος ) of Levi. This is a rabbinical imaginative refinement appealing to Jews.