Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #142827

SR GNT Heb 7:3 ἀμήτωρ (amaʸtōr) ‘fatherless motherless without_genealogy neither beginning’ Strongs=2820 Lemma=amētōr^*
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=64 AD

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Only use of identical word form ἀμήτωρ (S-NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀμήτωρ’ (S-NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘motherless’.

Heb 7:3 ‘fatherless motherless without_genealogy neither beginning’ SR GNT Heb 7:3 word 2

OET-LV: 3 fatherless, motherless, without _genealogy, neither beginning of _days, nor of _life end having, but having _been _likened to _the son of_ the _god, he _is _remaining a_priest in the continual. (HEB_7:3)

OET-RV: 3 There’s no record of his father or mother, no genealogical background, and no record of his being born or dying, but he’s likened to God’s son in that he continually remains as a priest. (HEB 7:3)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘amētōr’ in the Greek originals.

Key: S=substantive adjective NMS=nominative,masculine,singular