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Koine Greek wordlink #91057

SR GNT Acts 11:26 Χριστιανούς (Ⱪristianous) ‘Antioⱪeia the apprentices/followers followers_of_the_messiah’ Strongs=55460 Lemma=χristianos
Word role=proper noun case=accusative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=43 AD Event=Disciples_first_called_Christians TimeSeries=Disciples_first_called_Christians Person=Jesus

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Only use of identical word form Χριστιανούς (N-AMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Χριστιανούς’ (N-AMP) is always and only glossed as ‘followers_of_the_messiah’.

(In the VLT, the word form ‘Χριστιανούς’ (N-AMP) was always and only glossed as ‘Christians’).

Acts 11:26 ‘Antioⱪeia the apprentices/followers followers_of_the_messiah’ SR GNT Acts 11:26 word 48

OET-LV: 26 and having _found him, he _brought him to Antioⱪeia. And it _became to _them also to _be _gathered _together in the assembly a_ whole _year, and to _teach a_ large _crowd, and to _call first the apprentices/followers, followers _of _the _messiah. in. Antioⱪeia. (ACT_11:26)

OET-RV: 26 and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. Then for a whole year they met with the assembly and regularly taught a large crowd. It was there in Antioch that the believers were first called Christians. (ACT 11:26)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘χristianos’ have 2 different glosses: ‘a follower_of_the_messiah’, ‘followers_of_the_messiah’.

Key: N=noun AMP=accusative,masculine,plural