Heb 11:15 | RWP | e4.org | Had been mindful ( εμνημονευον )-- would have had ( ειχον αν ). Condition of second class (note αν in conclusion) with the imperfect (not aorist) in both condition and conclusion. So it means: "If they had continued mindful, they would have kept on having (linear action in both cases in past time). Opportunity to return ( καιρον ανακαμψα ). Old verb ανακαμπτω to bend back, to turn back ( ), here first aorist active infinitive. Continual hankering would have found a way. Cf. the Israelites in the wilderness yearning after Egypt.

‏ Hebrews 11:15

Had been mindful ( εμνημονευον )--

would have had ( ειχον αν ). Condition of second class (note αν in conclusion) with the imperfect (not aorist) in both condition and conclusion. So it means: "If they had continued mindful, they would have kept on having (linear action in both cases in past time).

Opportunity to return ( καιρον ανακαμψα ). Old verb ανακαμπτω to bend back, to turn back (Mt 2:12), here first aorist active infinitive. Continual hankering would have found a way. Cf. the Israelites in the wilderness yearning after Egypt.