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Notes: In OET MAT 6:28 the Sinaiticus manuscript has an interesting reading, οὐ ξένουσιν (= οὐ ξαίνουσιν), thus providing three processes or activities involving cloth rather than two. However, in view of the relatively limited support for this reading, most translators follow the text which has αὐξάνουσιν they grow.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Sense 1: to comb wool

Semantic entry: 48.1

Semantic domains: Activities Involving Cloth

Definition: to comb wool as an initial step in the making of wool thread{N:001}

Notes: οὐ ξαίνουσιν οὐδὲ νήθουσιν οὐδὲ κοπιῶσιν ‘they do not comb wool, spin, or work hard’ OET MAT 6:28 (apparatus)

Show passage in OET: MAT 6:28

OET-RV MAT 6:28

28 “Why would you worry about clothes? Look how the flowers grow in the fields—they don’t work or make fabric,

OET-LV MAT 6:28

28 And about clothing why are _you _all _worrying?
Observe how the lilies of _the field are _growing, they _are_ not _labouring nor are _they _spinning,

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ξαίνω

Form 1

Sense 1: to comb wool