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Koine Greek wordlink #104478

SR GNT Acts 28:3 θέρμης (thermaʸs) ‘a viper from the heat having come_out clamped_down on the’ Strongs=23290 Lemma=thermē^*
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=feminine number=singular
Year=62 AD Event=Paul_stays_at_Malta TimeSeries=Paul_stays_at_Malta,Paul's_Journey_to_Rome

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Only use of identical word form θέρμης (N-GFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘θέρμης’ (N-GFS) is always and only glossed as ‘heat’.

Acts 28:3 ‘a viper from the heat having come_out clamped_down on the’ SR GNT Acts 28:3 word 20

OET-LV: 3 But the Paulos having _gathered some multitude of _sticks, and having _laid _on them on the fire, a_viper having _come _out from the heat, clamped _down on _the hand of _him. (ACT_28:3)

OET-RV: 3 However when Paul was helping to pick up sticks and putting them on the fire, a viper was driven out by the heat and clamped its jaws down on his hand. (ACT 28:3)

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

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