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Hebrews 8:7

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

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Εἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.ifγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πρώτηprōtēfirstπρῶτος (prōtos)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “first”, the subject formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.firstἐκείνηekeinēthatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “that”, the subject formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.ἦνēncovenant had beenεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “covenant had been”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.covenant had beenἄμεμπτοςamemptosfaultlessἄμεμπτοςadjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “faultless”, the subject formG273blameless, free from fault or defect.faultlessοὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.noἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.δευτέραςdeuterasfor the secondδεύτερος (deuteros)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “for the second”, the of-formG1208second; with the article: in the second place, for the second time.This verse uses “second”.for the secondἐζητεῖτοezēteitoto seekζητέω (zēteō)verb, imperfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to seek”, an ongoing action in the pastG2212I seek, search for, desire, require, demand.This verse uses “seek”.τόποςtoposplaceτόποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “place”, the subject formG5117a place, region, seat; an opportunity.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for if that first were faultless, a place would not have been sought for a second.

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American Standard Version (1901)

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second.

Young’s Literal Translation

for if that first were faultless, a place would not have been sought for a second.

World English Bible

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.

Darby Translation

For if that first was faultless, place had not been sought for a second.

Douay-Rheims

For if that former had been faultless, there should not indeed a place have been sought for a second.

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