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Koine Greek wordlink #116596

SR GNT 1 Cor 9:18 ἀδάπανον (adapanon) ‘reward in_order_that good_message_preaching without_charge I will_be presenting the good_message’ Strongs=770 Lemma=adapanos^*
Word role=substantive adjective case=accusative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=59 AD

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Only use of identical word form ἀδάπανον (S-ANS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀδάπανον’ (S-ANS) is always and only glossed as ‘without_charge’.

1 Cor 9:18 ‘reward in_order_that good_message_preaching without_charge I will_be presenting the good_message’ SR GNT 1 Cor 9:18 word 10

OET-LV: 18 Therefore what of _me is the reward? In _order _that good _message _preaching without _charge, I _will _be _presenting the good _message, in _order that not to _excessively _resort to _the authority of _me in the good _message. (CO1_9:18)

OET-RV: 18 So, what’s my reward? It’s preaching the good message and the privilege of doing it free of charge, so as not to take advantage of the right that the good message gives me. (CO1 9:18)

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

Key: S=substantive adjective ANS=accusative,neuter,singular