Hebrews 9:5
5Aboveὑπεράνωthenδὲitαὐτῆς[were the] cherubimΧερουβὶνof gloryδόξηςovershadowingκατασκιάζονταtheτὸmercy seatἱλαστήριον·concerningπερὶwhichὧνnotοὐκit isἔστινnow [the time]νῦνto speakλέγεινinκατὰdetailμέρος.
And far above it [were] the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat—concerning which it is not now [time] to speak particularly.
Vocab difficulty
75.3
Rare words
ὑπεράνω
ὑπεράνω
far above.
Χερουβὶν
Χεροῦβ
κατασκιάζοντα
κατασκιάζω
I overshadow.
ἱλαστήριον
ἱλαστήριον
(a) a sin offering, by which the wrath of the deity shall be appeased; a means of propitiation, (b) the covering of the ark, which was sprinkled with the atoning blood on the Day of Atonement.