Search Results for "Heb.9.16"

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(berith chadhashah, Jer 31:31; he diatheke kaine, Heb 8:8,13, etc., or nea, Heb 12:24: the former Greek adjective has the sense of the "new" primariHeb 1:1-14y in reference to quality, the latter the sense of "young," the "new," primarily in reference to time): 1. Contrast of "New" and "Old"--The Te...

tes'-ta-ment: The word diatheke, almost invariably rendered "covenant," was rendered in the King James Version "testament" in Heb 9:16-17, in the sense of a will to dispose of property after the maker's death. It is not easy to find justification for the retention of this translation in the Revised ...