Forγὰρthe lawὁ νόμοςappointsκαθίστησινhuman beingsἀνθρώπουςwho haveἔχονταςweaknessἀσθένειανas high priests,ἀρχιερεῖςbutδὲthe wordὁ λόγοςof the oath,τῆς ὁρκωμοσίαςwhich cameτῆςafterμετὰthe law,τὸν νόμονappointsa Sonυἱόνmade perfectτετελειωμένονforever.εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα
Hebrews 7:28
Study it in the app“For the law appoints human beings who have weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son made perfect forever.”
With the Greek beneath
Hebrews 7:28, word by word
- the lawνόμοςnomos
law
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomos” appears- appointsκαθίστησινkathistēsin
appoint
To charge someone with something.
Where else “kathistēsin” appears- human beingsἀνθρώπουςanthrōpous
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpous” appears- who haveἔχονταςechontas
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echontas” appears- weaknessἀσθένειανastheneian
weakness
Lack of strength.
Where else “astheneian” appears- as high priestsἀρχιερεῖςarchiereis
high priest
The chief of the priests; Jesus is that forever.
Where else “archiereis” appears- the wordλόγοςlogos
message
What God says, proclaimed to people.
Where else “logos” appears- of the oathὁρκωμοσίαςhorkōmosias
oath
An oath; the taking of an oath to confirm something.
Where else “horkōmosias” appears- a Sonυἱόνhuion
Son
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huion” appears- made perfectτετελειωμένονteteleiōmenon
make perfect
To bring something to its fullness, lacking nothing.
Where else “teteleiōmenon” appears- foreverαἰῶναaiōna
forever
Time without end.
Where else “aiōna” appears
The context
27who does not have the need every day, as those high priests do, to offer up sacrifices first for his own sins, then for those of the people; for he did this once for all when he offered up himself.
28 · This verse (above)