Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #116584

SR GNT 1 Cor 9:17 ἄκων (akōn) ‘I am having if but unwillingly a management I have_been entrusted’ Strongs=2100 Lemma=akōn^*
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=59 AD

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Only use of identical word form ἄκων (S-NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἄκων’ (S-NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘unwillingly’.

1 Cor 9:17 ‘I am having if but unwillingly a management I have_been entrusted’ SR GNT 1 Cor 9:17 word 10

OET-LV: 17 For/Because if willingly this I _am _doing, a_reward I _am _having, but if unwillingly, a_management I _have _been _entrusted. (CO1_9:17)

OET-RV: 17 because if I do it willingly, I’ll have a reward, but if it’s done unwillingly, I’d be shirking the responsibility entrusted to me. (CO1 9:17)

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

Key: S=substantive adjective NMS=nominative,masculine,singular