Hebrews 7:11
New Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
מִנְלֶה
minleh
completion, i.e. (in produce) wealth
Λευϊτικός
Leuïtikós
Levitic, i.e. relating to the Levites
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
חָסֵר
châçêr
to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen
אַחֵר
ʼachêr
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
כֹּהֵן
kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
עָרַךְ
ʻârak
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
Μελχισεδέκ
Melchisedék
Melchisedek (i.e. Malkitsedek), a patriarch
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
עָרַךְ
ʻârak
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
אַהֲרוֹן
ʼAhărôwn
Aharon, the brother of Moses
Key Terms in This Verse
עָרַךְ ʻârak
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
Study H6186 →עָרַךְ ʻârak
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
Study H6186 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →Cross References
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
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