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Koine Greek wordlink #82642

SR GNT Acts 2:18 δούλας (doulas) ‘and on the handmaidens of me in days’ Strongs=13990 Lemma=doulē
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=feminine number=plural
Year=33 AD Event=Peter_preaches_at_Pentecost TimeSeries=Peter_preaches_at_Pentecost

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Only use of identical word form δούλας (N-AFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘δούλας’ (N-AFP) is always and only glossed as ‘handmaidens’.

Acts 2:18 ‘and on the handmaidens of me in days’ SR GNT Acts 2:18 word 14

OET-LV: 18 and surely I _will _be _pouring _out of the spirit of _me on the slaves of _me, and on the handmaidens of _me, in the those days, and they _will _be _prophesying. (ACT_2:18)

OET-RV: 18 I’ll pour my spirit out on my male and female slaves and they’ll tell of future events. (ACT 2:18)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘doulē’ have 2 different glosses: ‘handmaiden’, ‘handmaidens’.

Key: N=noun AFP=accusative, feminine, plural