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Koine Greek wordlink #120467

SR GNT 1 Cor 16:12 εὐκαιρήσῃ (eukairaʸsaʸ) ‘he will_be coming but whenever he may have_opportunity’ Strongs=21190 Lemma=eukaireō
Word role=verb mood=subjunctive tense=aorist voice=active person=3rd number=singular
Year=59 AD Refers to Word #120439 Person=Apollos

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Only use of identical word form εὐκαιρήσῃ (V-SAA3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘εὐκαιρήσῃ’ (V-SAA3··S) is always and only glossed as ‘he may have_opportunity’.

1 Cor 16:12 ‘he will_be coming but whenever he may have_opportunity’ SR GNT 1 Cor 16:12 word 31

OET-LV: 12 But Concerning Apollōs the brother, much I _am _exhorting him that he _may _come to you _all with the brothers, and certainly not it _was ^his_will that now he _may _come, but he _will _be _coming whenever he _may _have _opportunity. (CO1_16:12)

OET-RV: 12 And then concerning the brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He didn’t want to go at the present time, but he’ll go when he has another opportunity. (CO1 16:12)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘eukaireō’ have 3 different glosses: ‘were having_opportunity’, ‘he may have_opportunity’, ‘they were having_opportunity’.

Key: V=verb