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Hebrews 7:6 – Whose genealogy/genealogoumenos is not derived from them
“The use of genealogoumenos in verse 6 shows that Melchizedek has lineage, but it is not through Levi. Let’s examine the Greek word genealogoumenos in verse 6 closely. Vine’s says of this word: “‘to reckon or trace a genealogy’ (from genea, ‘a race,’ and legõ, ‘to choose, pick out’), is used, in the passive voice, of Melchizedek in Heb. 7:6, RV, ‘whose genealogy (KJV, ‘descent’) is not counted” (NT, p. 262).
“TDNT says “this derives from genealogos, ‘one who draws up a genealogy.’ It occurs . . . in the NT only in Heb. 7:6: Melchizedek does not ‘derive his descent’ from the descendants of Levi” (p. 114).
“The Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament (EDNT) says this word means to “trace one’s descent. In Heb. 7:6 of Melchizedek, who ‘does not trace his descent‘ (NEB) to the sons of Levi” (vol. 1, p. 242). [Bryan T. Huie , Updated: September 13, 1997 via the Internet, “Was the Logos Melchizedek?”]
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