Heb 7:9 | RWP | e4.org | So to say ( ως επος ειπειν ). An old idiom, here only in the N.T., common in Philo, used to limit a startling statement, an infinitive for conceived result with ως . Hath paid tithes ( δεδεκατωτα ). Perfect passive indicative of δεκατοω , "has been tithed." This could only be true of Levi "so to speak."

‏ Hebrews 7:9

So to say ( ως επος ειπειν ). An old idiom, here only in the N.T., common in Philo, used to limit a startling statement, an infinitive for conceived result with ως.

Hath paid tithes ( δεδεκατωτα ). Perfect passive indicative of δεκατοω, "has been tithed." This could only be true of Levi "so to speak."