UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Sense 1: certain, somebody

Semantic entry: 92.19

Semantic domains: Discourse Referentials

Subdomains: Whom or What Spoken or Written About

Definition: a reference to an entity which one cannot or does not wish to make explicit (in the NT only a reference to a man)

Notes: Though in many translations δεῖνα is translated as ‘certain,’ this can give a wrong impression since it would imply that the individual is known to the parties involved or has been identified by the context.

Show passage in OET: MAT 26:18

OET-RV MAT 26:18

18 “Go into the city to so-and-so,” answered Yeshua, “and tell him that the teacher said, ‘My time is getting close, but I’ll celebrate the pass-over meal with you, along with my apprentices.’ ”

OET-LV MAT 26:18

18 And he said:
Be _going into the city to the someone and say to _him:
The teacher is _saying:
The time of _me is near, I _am _making the passover_feast with you with the apprentices/followers of _me.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

δεῖνα

Form 1

Sense 1: certain, somebody