Hebrews 1:4 Go deeper

Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. (KJV)

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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.

τοσούτῳtosoutōBy so much

Lemma: τοσοῦτος (tosoutos) · Strong's: G5118

Parsing: Correlative pronoun · Dative · Singular · Neuter (K-DSN)

Meaning: so great — τοσοῦτος, -αύτη, -οῦτο; (Heb.7:22) and (elsewhere, as usually in Attic) -οῦτον, correlat. of ὅσος, of quantity, size, number, so great, so much, pl., so many: Mat.8:10 Luk.7:9, Heb.12:1, Rev.18:7, 16; of time, so long,…

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Used 21 times. Also: Matthew 8:10, Matthew 15:33, Luke 7:9, Luke 15:29, John 6:9, John 12:37 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G5118; TFLSJ G5118; TAGNT Hebrews 1:4 word 1

κρείττωνkreittōnsuperior

Lemma: κρείσσων (kreissōn) · Strong's: G2908

Parsing: Adjective · Nominative · Singular · Masculine · Comparative (A-NSM-C)

Meaning: greater — κρείσσων; (Epic and old Att..) and κρείττων (later Att..), prop. comparat. of κρατύς, strong, but in sense often (as in cl., see LS, see word) as comparat. of ἀγαθός, [in LXX chiefly for טוֹב ; ] ; better; (a) as to…

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Used 19 times. Also: 1 Corinthians 7:9, 1 Corinthians 7:38, 1 Corinthians 11:17, Philippians 1:23, Hebrews 6:9, Hebrews 7:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2908; TFLSJ G2908; TAGNT Hebrews 1:4 word 2

γενόμενοςgenomenoshaving become

Lemma: γίνομαι (ginomai) · Strong's: G1096

Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Middle Deponent · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (V-2ADP-NSM)

Meaning: to be — γίνομαι, Ion. and κοινή for Att. γίγν- (M. Pr., 47; Bl., §6, 8 Mayser, 166 f.), ; [in LXX chiefly for היה ; ] ; 1. of persons, things occurrences, to come into being, be born, arise, come on: Jhn.1:15 8:58, 1Co.15:37; a…

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Used 675 times. Also: Matthew 1:22, Matthew 4:3, Matthew 5:18, Matthew 5:45, Matthew 6:10, Matthew 6:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1096; TFLSJ G1096; TAGNT Hebrews 1:4 word 3

τῶνtōnto the

Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588

Parsing: Definite article · Genitive · Plural · Masculine (T-GPM)

Meaning: the/this/who — ὁ, ἡ, τό, ; the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article. ; I. As demonstr. pron. ; 1. As frequently in Hom.,…

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Used 20654 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3588; TFLSJ G3588; TAGNT Hebrews 1:4 word 4

ἀγγέλων,angelōnangels,

Lemma: ἄγγελος (angelos) · Strong's: G0032G

Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Plural · Masculine (N-GPM)

Meaning: angel — ἄγγελος, -ου, ὁ, ; [in LXX chiefly for מַלְאָךְ ; ] ; 1. a messenger, one sent: Mat.11:10, Jas.22:25.; 2. As in LXX, in the special sense of angel, a spiritual, heavenly being, attendant upon God and employed as his…

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Used 176 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:24, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 2:19, Matthew 4:6, Matthew 4:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G0032G; TFLSJ G0032G; TAGNT Hebrews 1:4 word 5

ὅσῳhosōas much as

Lemma: ὅσος (hosos) · Strong's: G3745

Parsing: Correlative pronoun · Dative · Singular · Neuter (K-DSN)

Meaning: just as/how much — ὅσος, -η, -ον, ; correlat. of τοσοῦτος, ; how much, how many, how great, how far, how long, as much as, etc. (= Lat. quantus); (a) of number and quantity: m. pl., Mat.14:36, Mrk.3:10, Rom.2:12, al.; n. pl., Mat.17:12,…

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Used 111 times. Also: Matthew 7:12, Matthew 9:15, Matthew 13:44, Matthew 13:46, Matthew 14:36, Matthew 17:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3745; TFLSJ G3745; TAGNT Hebrews 1:4 word 6

διαφορώτερονdiaphorōteronmore excellent

Lemma: διάφορος (diaphoros) · Strong's: G1313

Parsing: Adjective · Accusative · Singular · Neuter · Comparative (A-ASN-C)

Meaning: different — διά-φορος, -ον; (διαφέρω), [in LXX for שְׁנָא (Dan.7:7, 19); also as in Polyb., iv, 188, al., Τὸ δ., τὰ δ., money: Sir.27:1 42:5, 2Ma.3:6 ; ] ; 1. different: Rom.12:6, Heb.9:10. ; 2. excellent: compar., -ώτερος, Heb.1:4…

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Used 4 times. Also: Romans 12:6, Hebrews 8:6, Hebrews 9:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1313; TFLSJ G1313; TAGNT Hebrews 1:4 word 7

παρ᾽par᾽beyond

Lemma: παρά (para) · Strong's: G3844

Parsing: Preposition (PREP)

Meaning: from/with/beside — παρά, prep. with genitive, dative, accusative, ; with radical sense, beside. ; I. C. genitive of person(s), from the side of, from beside, from, indicating source or origin, [in LXX for מֵאֵצֶל ,מִיַד ,מִלִּפְנֵי ; ]…

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Used 194 times. Also: Matthew 2:4, Matthew 2:7, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 4:18, Matthew 6:1, Matthew 8:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3844; TFLSJ G3844; TAGNT Hebrews 1:4 word 8

αὐτοὺςautoustheirs

Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846

Parsing: Personal pronoun · Accusative · Plural · Masculine (P-APM)

Meaning: it/s/he — αὐτός, -ή, -ό, ; determinative pron., in late Gk. much more frequently than in cl. (WM, 178f.; Jannaris, HGG, §1399). ; 1. Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the art., see infr., iii); (1) self (ipse),…

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Used 5846 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G0846; TFLSJ G0846; TAGNT Hebrews 1:4 word 9

κεκληρονόμηκενkeklēronomēkenHe has inherited

Lemma: κληρονομέω (klēronomeō) · Strong's: G2816

Parsing: Verb · Perfect · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-RAI-3S)

Meaning: to inherit — κληρονομέω, -ῶ; (κληρονόμος) [in LXX chiefly for יָרַשׁ, also for נָחַל, etc. ; ] ; 1. to receive by lot. ; 2. to inherit (in cl., usually with genitive of thing(s)): absol., Gal.4:30 (LXX); in general, to possess…

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Used 18 times. Also: Matthew 5:5, Matthew 19:29, Matthew 25:34, Mark 10:17, Luke 10:25, Luke 18:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2816; TFLSJ G2816; TAGNT Hebrews 1:4 word 10

ὄνομα.¶onomaa name.

Lemma: ὄνομα (onoma) · Strong's: G3686

Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (N-ASN)

Meaning: name — ὄνομα, -τος, τό, ; [in LXX chiefly for שֵׁם ; ] ; 1. in general, the name by which a person or thing is called: Mat.10:2, Mrk.3:16, Luk.1:63, Jhn.18:10, al.; ἄνθρωπος (etc.), ᾧ (οὗ) ὄ. (τ. ὄ), sc. ἦν or ἐστίν (BL, §30,…

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Used 231 times. Also: Matthew 1:21, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 1:25, Matthew 6:9, Matthew 7:22, Matthew 10:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3686; TFLSJ G3686; TAGNT Hebrews 1:4 word 11

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

[So] He became	→	γίνομαι G1096 to be
as far	→	τοσοῦτος G5118 so great
superior	→	G2909
to the	→	ὁ G3588 the/this/who
angels	→	ἄγγελος G0032G angel
as	→	ὅσος G3745 just as/how much
[the] name	→	ὄνομα G3686 name
He has inherited	→	κληρονομέω G2816 to inherit
[is] excellent	→	διάφορος G1313 different
beyond	→	παρά G3844 from/with/beside
theirs	→	αὐτός G0846 it/s/he

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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