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Koine Greek wordlink #94214

SR GNT Acts 15:21 ἀρχαίων (arⱪaiōn) ‘for from generations ancient in_every city the ones’ Strongs=7440 Lemma=arχaios
Word role=adjective case=genitive gender=feminine number=plural
Year=51 AD Event=Jerusalem_Council TimeSeries=Jerusalem_Council,Second_Missionary_Journey

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Other uses (1) of identical word form ἀρχαίων (A-GFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀρχαίων’ (A-GFP) is always and only glossed as ‘ancient’.

Acts 15:7 ‘that from days ancient among you_all chose’ SR GNT Acts 15:7 word 47

OET-LV: 7 And having _become much debate, Petros having _stood _up said to them: Men, brothers, you _all are _knowing that from ancient days among you _all, the god chose for _the pagans to _hear by the mouth of _me, the message of _the good _message and to _believe. (ACT_15:7)

OET-RV: 7 After a lot of debate, Peter stood up and said, “Men, brothers, all of you here know that some time back, God chose me to be a mouthpiece so that the non-Jews could hear the good message and believe. (ACT 15:7)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘arχaios’ have 4 different glosses: ‘from the ancient’, ‘ancient’, ‘ancient things’, ‘ancients’.

Greek words (5) other than ἀρχαίων (A-GFP) with a gloss related to ‘ancient’

ACTs 21:16 ἀρχαίῳ (arⱪaiōi) A-DMS ‘to Mnasōn a certain from_Kupros ancient apprentice/follower’ SR GNT Acts 21:16 word 19

OET-LV: 16 And also of _the apprentices/followers from Kaisareia came _together with us, bringing us to _Mnasōn a_certain ancient from _Kupros apprentice/follower with whom we _may _be _lodged. (ACT_21:16)

OET-RV: 16 Some of the believers from Caesarea accompanied us and led us to the home of a man named Mnason to stay—he was an older believer from Cyprus. (ACT 21:16)

2 COR 5:17 ἀρχαία (arⱪaia) S-NNP ‘a new creation he_is the ancient things passed_away see it has become’ SR GNT 2 Cor 5:17 word 9

OET-LV: 17 So _then if anyone is in chosen _one /messiah, a_new creation he _is, the ancient things passed _away, see, it _has _become new. (CO2_5:17)

OET-RV: 17 So then if anyone is in Messiah, they’re a new creation—the old has gone, and wow, it’s now become new! (CO2 5:17)

2 PET 2:5 ἀρχαίου (arⱪaiou) A-GMS ‘and from the ancient world not he spared’ SR GNT 2 Pet 2:5 word 2

OET-LV: 5 and he_ not _spared from_the_ancient world, but preserved the_eighth, Nōe/(Noaḩ), a_proclaimer of _righteousness, having _brought_ the_flood _upon upon_the_world of_the_ungodly, (PE2_2:5)

OET-RV: 5 and if he didn’t spare the ancient world but only preserved the eight including Noah the proclaimer of righteousness when the flood came upon the ungodly world, (PE2 2:5)

REV 12:9 ἀρχαῖος (arⱪaios) A-NMS ‘great the serpent ancient who being called the false_accuser’ SR GNT Rev 12:9 word 12

OET-LV: 9 And was _thrown down the dragon the serpent the great, the ancient, who being _called, the_false _accuser, and the Satan/(Sāţān), the one deceiving the inhabited _world whole, he _was _thrown down on the earth, and the messengers of _him with him were _throw down. (REV_12:9)

OET-RV: 9 Thus the huge dinosaur was thrown out—that ancient snake called ‘the devil’ and ‘Satan’—the one who deceived the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth and his messengers were thrown down with him. (REV 12:9)

REV 20:2 ἀρχαῖον (arⱪaion) A-AMS ‘dragon the serpent ancient who is the false_accuser’ SR GNT Rev 20:2 word 11

OET-LV: 2 And he _apprehended the dragon, the serpent the ancient, who is the_false _accuser and the Satan/(Sāţān), and he _bound him for_a_thousand years, (REV_20:2)

OET-RV: 2 and he seized the dinosaur, that ancient snake, who is the devil and Satan, and chained him up for a thousand years. (REV 20:2)

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective AMS=accusative,masculine,singular DMS=dative,masculine,singular GFP=genitive,feminine,plural GMS=genitive,masculine,singular NMS=nominative,masculine,singular NNP=nominative,neuter,plural