UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun-name, n.

Inflections: α; indeclinable

Sense 1: first

Semantic entry: 60.46

Semantic domains: Number

Subdomains: First, Second, Third, Etc. [Ordinals]

Definition: first in a series involving time, space, or set

Notes: Occurring only in titles of NT writings: πρὸς Κορινθίους α ‘First Letter to the Corinthians’; Ἰωάννου α ‘First Epistle of John.’

Show passage in OET: TH1 1 (chapter context)

OET-RV TH1 1:1

1 This letter is from Paulos, Silas, and Timotheos.
¶ It’s written to the assembly of believers in God the father and the master Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) Messiah there in Thessalonikai.
¶ May God give his grace and peace to all of you.

OET-RV TH1 1:2

2 We here are always thanking God for all of you and remembering you in our prayers—always

OET-RV TH1 1:3

3 remembering before our God and father about your striving for the faith and the labour of love and the endurance of the hope in our master Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) Messiah.

OET-RV TH1 1:4

4 Brothers and sisters, we know that you’re all loved by God—the one who chose you.

OET-RV TH1 1:5

5 The good message that we brought wasn’t just any old message, but also comes in the holy spirit with power and with full assurance of its truth. You know how we lived among you because of our concern for you all,

OET-RV TH1 1:6

6 and then you all imitated both us and the master after receiving the message in tribulation with a lot of excitement about the holy spirit—

OET-RV TH1 1:7

7 so much so that you all became examples to all the believers in Makedonia and Akaia.

OET-RV TH1 1:8

8 So now the message of the master has been heard not only in Makedonia and Akaia, but in every place where your faith towards God has been seen—so that now we don’t even need to say anything.

OET-RV TH1 1:9

9 They’ve been reporting back to us about kindly we were accepted by you all and how you all turned from idols to God, to serve the living and true God

OET-RV TH1 1:10

10 and waiting for his son, Yeshua to return from the heavens. Yeshua is the one that he brought back to life and who rescues us from God’s severe anger which is coming.

OET-LV TH1 1:1

1 Paulos, and Silouanos, and Timotheos, to _the assembly of_the_ones_from _Thessalonikaʸ in god the_father and the_master Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen _one /messiah:
grace to _you _all and peace.

OET-LV TH1 1:2

2 We _are _giving _thanks to_ the _god always concerning all of _you, remembrance making in the prayers of _us, unceasingly

OET-LV TH1 1:3

3 remembering of _you _all about _the work of_ the _faith, and the labour of_ the _love, and the endurance of_ the _hope of _the master of _us, Yaʸsous chosen _one /messiah, before the god and father of _us,

OET-LV TH1 1:4

4 having _known, brothers having _been _loved by the god, the choice of _you _all,

OET-LV TH1 1:5

5 because the good _message of _us not was _become to you _all in message only, but also in power, and in the_spirit holy, and full _assurance much, as you _all _have _known such _as we _were _become you _all because _of you _all.

OET-LV TH1 1:6

6 And you _all imitators of _us were _become and of _the master, having _received the message in tribulation much with the_joy of_the_spirit holy,

OET-LV TH1 1:7

7 so _as to _become you _all examples to _all the ones believing in the Makedonia and in the Aⱪaia.

OET-LV TH1 1:8

8 From for you _all has _been _sounded _out the message of _the master, not only in the Makedonia and in the Aⱪaia, but in every place the faith of _you _all which toward the god has _come _out, so _as no need to _be _having us to _be _speaking anything.

OET-LV TH1 1:9

9 For/Because they concerning us are _reporting what _kind entrance we _had to you _all, and how you _all _turned _back to the god from the idols, to _be _serving for_the_god living and true,

OET-LV TH1 1:10

10 and to _be _waiting for _the son of _him from the heavens, whom he _raised from the dead, Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), the one rescuing us from the severe _anger which coming.

Jump to OET CO1 1:1–31 section.

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All 5 recorded passages for this sense

CO1: OET CO1 1:1–31

TH1: OET TH1 1:1–10

TI1: OET TI1 1:1–20

PE1: OET PE1 1:1–25

JN1: OET JN1 1:1–10

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

α

Form 1

Sense 1: first