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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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κυρόω

Strong’s: G2964

Associated OET lemmas: κυρόω

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: κυριεύω

Sense 1: to give force to, to validate

Semantic entry: 76.18

Semantic domains: Power, Force

Definition: to invest something with power or force

Notes: In order to express the meaning of this phrase in RV GAL 3:15 · LV GAL 3:15 · Read together GAL 3:15, it may be necessary in some languages to make more specific the arrangements involved, for example, ‘if people have signed an agreement, no one can disregard it’ or ‘if an agreement has been confirmed, no one can say it does not exist’ or, as in some languages, ‘if an agreement has been tied, no one can untie it.’

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

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OET-RV GAL 3:15

15 Brothers and sisters, consider our human ways: once an agreement has been accepted, one party can’t just reject it or add conditions.

OET-LV GAL 3:15

15 Brothers, I_am_speaking according_to human_origin.
Likewise a_covenant of_a_human having_been_confirmed, no_one is_rejecting or is_adding_conditions.

Sense 2: to show something to be real, to make something real

Semantic entry: 70.6

Semantic domains: Real, Unreal

Definition: to cause someone to recognize the reality of something

CO2 2:8: RV CO2 2:8 · LV CO2 2:8 · Read together CO2 2:8

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OET-RV CO2 2:8

8 That’s why I’m urging all of you to reaffirm him now with your love.

OET-LV CO2 2:8

8 Therefore I_am_exhorting you_all, to_confirm toward him love.