Hebrews 8:2
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Hebrews 8:2 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.
- 1 hapax legomenon — only here in the Greek New Testament
- 1 first appearance in the Greek New Testament
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World English Bible Public Domain
a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.
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King James Version Public Domain
A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
a servant of the holy and the true tabernacle that the Lord, not a man, set up.
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.
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King James Version Public Domain
A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
And is a minister of the Sanctuarie, and of that true Tabernacle which the Lord pight, and not man.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
A minister of the holies, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord hath pitched, and not man.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
of the holy places a servant, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord did set up, and not man,
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
a servant of the holy places, and of the true dwelling place, which the LORD set up, and not man,
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
He is a servant in the holy place, the true tabernacle that the Lord, not a man, set up.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
a servant of the holy and the true tabernacle that the Lord, not a man, set up.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
minister of the holy places and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord has pitched, [and] not man.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
a servant of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched, not man.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
He serves in the sanctuary, the true Tabernacle that was set up by the Lord and not by human beings.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
As a servant of the holy things and of the true Tent, which was put up by God, not by man.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
where he serves as a minister of the holy places and the true tabernacle, which was set up by the Lord, not by man.
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
and is a minister of holy thynges and of the very tabernacle which God pyght and not man.
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- Appears 1× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears here
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Tense
- Aorist
- Voice
- Active
- Mood
- Indicative
- Person
- 3rd person
- Number
- Singular
Full Thayer's Definition
- τῶν ho G3588 “the” Article, Genitive, Plural, Neuter
- ἁγίων hágios G40 “saint” Adjective, Genitive, Plural, Neuter
- λειτουργὸς leitourgós G3011 “minister” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- τῆς ho G3588 “the” Article, Genitive, Singular, Feminine
- σκηνῆς skēnḗ G4633 “tabernacle” Noun, Genitive, Singular, Feminine
- τῆς ho G3588 “the” Article, Genitive, Singular, Feminine
- ἀληθινῆς alēthinós G228 “genuine” Adjective, Genitive, Singular, Feminine
- ἣν hós G3739 “who” Relative pronoun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine
- ἔπηξεν pḗgnymi G4078 “to fasten” Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
- ὁ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- κύριος kýrios G2962 “Lord” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- οὐκ ou G3756 “not” Particle, Negative
- ἄνθρωπος ánthrōpos G444 “human being” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 14
- words
- 11
- distinct lemmas
- General Epistles
- section
Notable vocabulary
1 hapax legomenon — a word that appears only here in the entire Greek New Testament:
- ἔπηξεν to fasten G4078
First appearance in Scripture
This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Greek New Testament here:
- ἔπηξεν to fasten G4078
Shared distinctive vocabulary
λειτουργὸς minister G3011 occurs in 5 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:
Repetition
A word recurs within this verse:
- τῶν the G3588 ×4
Cross-references
11Topical passages linked to Hebrews 8:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Exodus 33:7 Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it outside the camp, far away from the camp, and he called it "The tent of meeting." It happened that everyone who sought Yahweh went out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp.
- Romans 15:8 Now I say that Christ has been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers,
- 2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
- Hebrews 9:23–24 It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
- Exodus 28:1 "Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
- Exodus 28:35 It shall be on Aaron to minister: and the sound of it shall be heard when he goes in to the holy place before Yahweh, and when he comes out, that he not die.
- Luke 24:44 He said to them, "This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled."
- Colossians 2:11 in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
- Hebrews 9:8–12 The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the Holy Place wasn't yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing;
- Hebrews 10:21 and having a great priest over the house of God,
- Hebrews 11:10 For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
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Lesson kit
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Hebrews, in the General Epistles, opens this verse with 14 words (11 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is pḗgnymi (“to fasten”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- The word pḗgnymi carries the sense “to fasten.” How does it shape the verse?
- This verse holds 1 word here found nowhere else in the Greek New Testament. What might the rare word draw attention to?
- The word “to fasten” first appears here in Scripture. What is being introduced at this debut?
- Romans 13:6 shares the word «minister» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
- “the” occurs 4× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
- These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
- Reading how The Biblical Illustrator and Joseph Benson's Commentary read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?
Things to notice
- 1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in the Greek New Testament.
- 1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
- These translations choose different wording for 8 words in this verse.
- “the” occurs 4× in this single verse.
- 11 distinct Greek lemmas span 14 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Hebrews 8:2 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
The Biblical Illustrator
Joseph S. Exell
The Biblical Illustrator, edited by Joseph S. Exell (c. 1880s–1900s) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Joseph Benson's Commentary
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Bengel's Gnomon
Johann Albrecht Bengel
Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Meyer's Critical & Exegetical Commentary
Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer
Meyer — Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament — English translation by Peter Christie, edited by Frederick Crombie (T&T Clark, 1880) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Expositor's Greek Testament
ed. W. Robertson Nicoll
The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Geneva Bible (1599)
Geneva Bible translators
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Calvin's Commentaries
John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
The People's New Testament
B. W. Johnson
B. W. Johnson's The People's New Testament with Notes (1889–1891) — public domain. Electronic text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) ThML edition.
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Alford’s Greek Testament
Henry Alford
Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Marvin R. Vincent
Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (1887–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Westcott on Hebrews & the Epistles of John
Brooke Foss Westcott
Brooke Foss Westcott (1825–1901), The Epistle to the Hebrews (1889) and The Epistles of St John (1883) — public domain (pre-1929). Text recovered from Internet Archive / Google Books OCR scans. Westcott’s Gospel of John commentary is not included (its OCR lost the chapter running-heads required for reliable verse-keying). Some Greek quoted in the Hebrews volume is imperfectly rendered by the OCR.