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ForγὰρifΕἰthatἐκείνηfirst covenantἡ πρώτηhad beenἦνfaultless,ἄμεμπτοςthere would have been noοὐκ ἂνplaceτόποςsoughtἐζητεῖτοfor a second.δευτέρας
Hebrews 8:7
Study it in the app“For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no place sought for a second.”
With the Greek beneath
Hebrews 8:7, word by word
- first covenantπρώτηprōtē
first
The one who comes before all others, in time or in order.
Where else “prōtē” appears- had beenἦνēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appears- faultlessἄμεμπτοςamemptos
blameless
Blameless, free from fault.
Where else “amemptos” appears- placeτόποςtopos
room
Space for someone, or a chance.
Where else “topos” appears- soughtἐζητεῖτοezēteito
seek
To go after something or someone until it is found.
Where else “ezēteito” appears- for a secondδευτέραςdeuteras
second
Second.
Where else “deuteras” appears
The context
6But 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.
7 · This verse (above)
8For finding fault with them, he says: Look, days are coming, says the Lord, when I will establish with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant,