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Koine Greek wordlink #90570

SR GNT Acts 11:5 ἀρχαῖς (arⱪais) ‘a linen_sheet great by its four corners being let_down out_of heaven’ Strongs=7460 Lemma=arχē
Word role=noun case=dative gender=feminine number=plural
Year=41 AD Event=Peter_defends_Gentile_salvation TimeSeries=Peter_defends_Gentile_salvation

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Other uses (3) of identical word form ἀρχαῖς (N-DFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀρχαῖς’ (N-DFP) has 3 different glosses: ‘to rulers’, ‘corners’, ‘rulers’.

Acts 10:11 ‘a linen_sheet great by four corners being let_down on the’ SR GNT Acts 10:11 word 16

OET-LV: 11 and he _is _observing the heaven having _been _opened _up, and an_ certain _object coming _down, as a_ by _four _linen _sheet, great corners being _let _down on the earth, (ACT_10:11)

OET-RV: 11 and saw the sky open up. Something like a sheet was being lowered down to the earth by the four corners (ACT 10:11)

Eph 3:10 ‘may_be made_known now to the rulers and the authorities’ SR GNT Eph 3:10 word 5

OET-LV: 10 in _order _that may _be _made _known now to _the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of_ the _god, (EPH_3:10)

OET-RV: 10 so that the wide-ranging wisdom of God could be revealed now through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms. (EPH 3:10)

Tit 3:1 ‘be reminding them to rulers to authorities to_be being_subjected to_be yielding’ SR GNT Tit 3:1 word 4

OET-LV: 3 Be _reminding them to _be _being _subjected to _rulers, to _authorities, to _be _yielding, to _be ready for every good work, (TIT_3:1)

OET-RV: 3 Remind people to conform to their rulers and authorities, being obedient and ready to do anything that’s good. (TIT 3:1)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘arχē’ have 8 different glosses: ‘a beginning’, ‘the beginning’, ‘the beginnings’, ‘to rulers’, ‘beginning’, ‘corners’, ‘rule’, ‘rulers’.

Greek words (3) other than ἀρχαῖς (N-DFP) with a gloss related to ‘corners’

MAT 6:5 γωνίαις (gōniais) N-DFP Lemma=gōnia ‘and on the corners of the roads having stood’ SR GNT Mat 6:5 word 21

OET-LV: 5 And whenever you _may _be _praying, you _all _will_ not _be like the hypocrites, because they _are _loving to _be _praying in the synagogues and having _stood on the corners of _the roads, so _that they _may _be _seen by _the people. Truly, I _am _saying to _you _all, they _are _receiving _fully the reward of _them. (MAT_6:5)

OET-RV: 5 “Whenever you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray in the meeting halls and on street corners so everyone will notice them. I can assure you that they’ve already received their reward in full. (MAT 6:5)

REV 7:1 γωνίας (gōnias) N-AFP Lemma=gōnia ‘on the four corners of the earth taking_hold_of’ SR GNT Rev 7:1 word 12

OET-LV: 7 After this I _saw four messengers having _stood on the four corners of _the earth, taking _hold _of the four winds of _the earth, in _order _that neither may _be _blowing the_wind on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. (REV_7:1)

OET-RV: 7 After that I saw four messengers standing around the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree. (REV 7:1)

REV 20:8 γωνίαις (gōniais) N-DFP Lemma=gōnia ‘in the four corners of the earth Gōg/(Gōg)’ SR GNT Rev 20:8 word 11

OET-LV: 8 and he _will _be _coming _out to _deceive the nations which in the four corners of _the earth, the Gōg/(Gōg) and Magōg/(Māgōg), to _gather _together them to the war, of _whom the number of _them is like the sand of _the sea. (REV_20:8)

OET-RV: 8 and he’ll go out to deceive the nations right around the earth—Gog and Magog—to gather them together to battle. They’ll be too many to count like the sand on the beach. (REV 20:8)

Key: N=noun AFP=accusative,feminine,plural DFP=dative,feminine,plural