Heb 7:11 | RWP | e4.org | Perfection ( τελειωσις ). Abstract substantive of τελειοω . More the act than the quality or state ( τελειοτης , ). The condition is of the second class, "if there were perfection, etc." The Levitical priesthood failed to give men "a perfectly adequate relation to God" (Moffatt). Priesthood ( ιεροσυνης ). Old word, in N.T. only here, verses , . Cf. ιερετια in verse . The adjective Λευειτικη occurs in Philo. Received the law ( νενομοθετητα ). Perfect passive indicative of νομοθετεω , old compound to enact law ( νομοσ, τιθημ ), to furnish with law (as here), only other N.T. example in . What further need was there? ( τις ετ χρεια; ). No copula expressed, but it would normally be ην αν , not just ην : "What need still would there be?" Another priest ( ετερον ιερεα ). Of a different line ( ετερον ), not just one more ( αλλον ). Accusative of general reference with the infinitive ανιστασθα (present middle of ανιστημ intransitive). And not to be reckoned ( κα ου λεγεσθα ). The negative ου belongs rather to the descriptive clause than just to the infinitive.

‏ Hebrews 7:11

Perfection ( τελειωσις ). Abstract substantive of τελειοω. More the act than the quality or state ( τελειοτης, 6:1). The condition is of the second class, "if there were perfection, etc." The Levitical priesthood failed to give men "a perfectly adequate relation to God" (Moffatt).

Priesthood ( ιεροσυνης ). Old word, in N.T. only here, verses 12, 24. Cf. ιερετια in verse 5. The adjective Λευειτικη occurs in Philo.

Received the law ( νενομοθετητα ). Perfect passive indicative of νομοθετεω, old compound to enact law ( νομοσ, τιθημ ), to furnish with law (as here), only other N.T. example in 8:6.

What further need was there? ( τις ετ χρεια; ). No copula expressed, but it would normally be ην αν, not just ην: "What need still would there be?"

Another priest ( ετερον ιερεα ). Of a different line ( ετερον ), not just one more ( αλλον ). Accusative of general reference with the infinitive ανιστασθα (present middle of ανιστημ intransitive).

And not to be reckoned ( κα ου λεγεσθα ). The negative ου belongs rather to the descriptive clause than just to the infinitive.