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Koine Greek wordlink #96650

SR GNT Acts 18:3 τέχνῃ (teⱪnaʸ) ‘they were for tent_makers by craft’ Strongs=50780 Lemma=teχnē
Word role=noun case=dative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=54 AD Event=Mission_to_Corinth,_1&2_Thess_Written TimeSeries="Mission_to_Corinth,_1&2_Thess_Written",Second_Missionary_Journey

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Only use of identical word form τέχνῃ (N-DFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘τέχνῃ’ (N-DFS) is always and only glossed as ‘by craft’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘teχnē’ have 3 different glosses: ‘by craft’, ‘of the craft’, ‘craft’.

Greek words (2) other than τέχνῃ (N-DFS) with a gloss related to ‘craft’

ACTs 17:29 τέχνης (teⱪnaʸs) N-GFS ‘or a stone mark of the craft and thoughts of human_origin’ SR GNT Acts 17:29 word 18

OET-LV: 29 Therefore being descent of_ the _god, we _ought not to _be _thinking about _gold or silver or a_stone mark of_the_craft and thoughts of _human _origin, to _be similar the divine. (ACT_17:29)

OET-RV: 29 So since we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t be putting gold or silver or stone craftsmanship in the same class as the divine. (ACT 17:29)

REV 18:22 τέχνης (teⱪnaʸs) N-GFS ‘every craftsman of every craft by_no_means not may_be found’ SR GNT Rev 18:22 word 21

OET-LV: 22 And the_sound of _harpists, and musicians, and flute _players, and trumpeters, by _no _means not may _be _heard in you anymore, and every craftsman of _every craft by _no _means not may _be _found in you anymore, and the_sound of_a_grinding _stone by _no _means not may _be _heard in you anymore, (REV_18:22)

OET-RV: 22 The sounds of harpists and musicians and flutists and trumpeters will definitely never be heard in you again, and no more craftsmen will be seen in you, and the sound of grain being ground into flour will never be heard in you again. (REV 18:22)

Key: N=noun DFS=dative,feminine,singular GFS=genitive,feminine,singular