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Notes: ζημία may be interpreted either as the process of losing or as that which is lost.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: ζημία

Sense 1: to suffer loss, to forfeit

Semantic entry: 57.69

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Take, Obtain, Gain, Lose

Definition: to suffer the loss of something which one has previously possessed, with the implication that the loss involves considerable hardship or suffering{N:001}

Forms: ζημιόομαι[a]

MAT 16:26: RV MAT 16:26 · LV MAT 16:26 · Read together MAT 16:26

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OET-RV MAT 16:26

26 What help would it be to a person if they gain everything in the world, and yet lose their soul? Or put another way, what could a person give in exchange for their soul?

OET-LV MAT 16:26

26 For/Because what ˓will˒_ a_person _be _being _benefitted, if he _may _gain the whole world, but the soul of _him may _be _lost?
Or what ˓will˒_ a_person _be _giving as_an_exchange for _the soul of _him?

MRK 8:36: RV MRK 8:36 · LV MRK 8:36 · Read together MRK 8:36

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OET-RV MRK 8:36

36 No, it doesn’t benefit a person if they gain everything in the world yet lose their soul.

OET-LV MRK 8:36

36 For/Because what is _it _benefiting a_person, he _may _gain the whole world and the soul of _him to _be _lost?

All 6 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 16:26 · LV MAT 16:26 · Read together MAT 16:26

MRK: RV MRK 8:36 · LV MRK 8:36 · Read together MRK 8:36

LUK: RV LUK 9:25 · LV LUK 9:25 · Read together LUK 9:25

CO1: RV CO1 3:15 · LV CO1 3:15 · Read together CO1 3:15

CO2: RV CO2 7:9 · LV CO2 7:9 · Read together CO2 7:9

PHP: RV PHP 3:8 · LV PHP 3:8 · Read together PHP 3:8

Sense 2: to be punished, to suffer punishment

Semantic entry: 38.7

Semantic domains: Punish, Reward

Subdomains: Punish

Definition: to be punished, with the implication of suffering damage

Notes: It is also possible to understand ζημιόομαι in RV CO1 3:15 · LV CO1 3:15 · Read together CO1 3:15 as meaning simply ‘to suffer loss’ (see 57.69: ζημία / 57.69: ζημιόω).

Forms: ζημιόομαι[b]

CO1 3:15: RV CO1 3:15 · LV CO1 3:15 · Read together CO1 3:15

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OET-RV CO1 3:15

15 but if their work is incinerated, those people will lose out, although they themselves will be saved but as if they’ve been through the flames.

OET-LV CO1 3:15

15 If of _anyone the work will _be _being _burned _up, he _will _be _being _lost, but he will _be _being _saved, but thus as through the_fire.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ζημιόω

Form 1

Sense 1: to suffer loss, to forfeit

Sense 2: to be punished, to suffer punishment