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Koine Greek wordlink #100336

SR GNT Acts 22:3 ἀκρίβειαν (akribeian) ‘of Gamaliaʸl/(Gamlī^ʼēl) having_been instructed according_to the exactness of our ancestral law’ Strongs=1950 Lemma=akribeia^*
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=60 AD Event=Paul_gives_his_testimony TimeSeries=Paul_gives_his_testimony

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Only use of identical word form ἀκρίβειαν (N-AFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀκρίβειαν’ (N-AFS) is always and only glossed as ‘the exactness’.

Acts 22:3 ‘of Gamaliaʸl/(Gamlī^ʼēl) having_been instructed according_to the exactness of our ancestral law’ SR GNT Acts 22:3 word 28

OET-LV: 3 I am a_ Youdaiōns _man, having _been _born in Tarsos of_ the _Kilikia, but having _been _brought _up in the this city, before the feet of _Gamaliaʸl/(Gamlī^ʼēl), having _been _instructed according _to the_exactness of _our ancestral law, being zealous the for_god, as all you _all are today, (ACT_22:3)

OET-RV: 3 “I am a Jew who grew up in this very city to study under Gamaliel. I’ve been raised according to every part of our ancestral law, working hard to obey God like all of you here today. (ACT 22:3)

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

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative, feminine, singular