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The superiority of the Melchisedec priesthood to the Levitical.
Consider (θεωρεῖτε)
Only here in Hebrews and oP. Except this passage, confined to the Synoptic Gospels, Acts, and Johannine writings. See on Luk 10:18; see on Joh 1:18.
How great (πηλίκος)
Only here and Gal 6:11.
The patriarch (ὁ πατριάρχης)
Only here and in Acts.
The tenth (δεκάτην)
Properly an adjective, but used as a noun for tithe. Only in Hebrews, as is the kindred verb δεκατοῦν to impose or take tithes. Ἀποδεκατοῖν to exact tithes, Heb 7:5. Comp. Mat 23:23; Luk 11:42.
Of the spoils (ἐκ τῶν ἀκροθινίων)
The noun N.T.o , from ἅρκον topmost point, and θίς a heap. The top of the pile: the “pick” of the spoil.