Study it in the app“But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.”
Butδὲnowνυνὶhe has obtainedτέτυχενa more excellentδιαφορωτέραςministry,λειτουργίαςas much asὅσῳhe isἐστινalsoκαὶthe mediatorμεσίτηςof a betterκρείττονόςcovenant,διαθήκηςwhichἥτιςhas been enactedνενομοθέτηταιonἐπὶbetterκρείττοσινpromises.ἐπαγγελίαις
now
"Now", "at this moment"; a stronger form of "now".
Where else “nyni” appearsobtain
To get what one seeks.
Where else “tetychen” appearsbe superior
Superior, of greater worth than another.
Where else “diaphorōteras” appearsservice, ministry
Service, ministry: sacred service, especially of priests; also any public service.
Where else “leitourgias” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearsmediator
Mediator: one who stands between two parties to bring them together.
Where else “mesitēs” appearsbetter
Better; more useful or more excellent.
Where else “kreittonos” appearscovenant
The agreement with promises and obligations that God makes with his people.
Where else “diathēkēs” appearsenact
To be fixed with binding force.
Where else “nenomothetētai” appearspromise
Promise.
Where else “epangeliais” appears5they worship in a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned when he was about to complete the tent: See, he says, that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.
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7For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no place sought for a second.
