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Koine Greek wordlink #91377

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

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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

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

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

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

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

REV 20:8 γωνίαις (gōniais) N-DFP Lemma=gōnia ‘in the four corners of the earth Gōg/(Gōg)’ SR GNT Rev 20:8 word 12

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