Hebrews 1:4

¶ Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

Being made {G1096} so much {G5118} better than {G2909} the angels {G32}, as {G3745} he hath by inheritance obtained {G2816} a more excellent {G1313} name {G3686} than {G3844} they {G846}.

So he has become much better than angels, and the name God has given him is superior to theirs.

So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs.

having become by so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.

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Cross-References

  • Ephesians 1:21 (20 votes)

    Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

  • Philippians 2:9 (16 votes)

    Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

  • Philippians 2:11 (16 votes)

    And [that] every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

  • 1 Peter 3:22 (13 votes)

    Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

  • Hebrews 2:9 (9 votes)

    But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

  • Revelation 5:11 (8 votes)

    And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

  • Revelation 5:12 (8 votes)

    Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.