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Koine Greek wordlink #95938

SR GNT Acts 17:11 εὐγενέστεροι (eugenesteroi) ‘these and were more_noble than the ones in Thessalonikaʸ’ Strongs=21037 Lemma=eugenesteros^*
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=53 AD Event=Mission_to_Berea TimeSeries=Mission_to_Berea,Second_Missionary_Journey

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Only use of identical word form εὐγενέστεροι (S-NMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘εὐγενέστεροι’ (S-NMP) is always and only glossed as ‘more_noble than’.

Acts 17:11 ‘these and were more_noble than the ones in Thessalonikaʸ’ SR GNT Acts 17:11 word 5

OET-LV: 11 And these were more _noble than the ones in Thessalonikaʸ, who received the message with all readiness, in _every day examining the scriptures, if these things might _be _having thus. (ACT_17:11)

OET-RV: 11 and this group were more upper-class than the congregation in Thessalonica. They eagerly accepted the message and examined the scriptures every day to check if what was being taught matched what was written there. (ACT 17:11)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘eugenesteros’ in the Greek originals.

Key: S=substantive adjective NMP=nominative,masculine,plural