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Koine Greek wordlink #100215

SR GNT Acts 21:38 σικαρίων (sikariōn) ‘four_thousand men of the assassins’ Strongs=46070 Lemma=sikarios^*
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=masculine number=plural
Year=60 AD Event=Paul_gives_his_testimony TimeSeries=Paul_gives_his_testimony

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Only use of identical word form σικαρίων (N-GMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘σικαρίων’ (N-GMP) is always and only glossed as ‘assassins’.

Acts 21:38 ‘four_thousand men of the assassins’ SR GNT Acts 21:38 word 22

OET-LV: 38 Consequently are you not the from _Aiguptos/(Miʦrayim), who before these the days, having _upset and having _led _out the four _thousand men of _the assassins into the wilderness? (ACT_21:38)

OET-RV: 38 “Aren’t you the Egyptian who stirred up a group of assassins a while back and led them out into the wilderness?” (ACT 21:38)

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

Key: N=noun GMP=genitive,masculine,plural