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Koine Greek wordlink #116651

SR GNT 1 Cor 9:20 κερδήσω (kerdaʸsō) ‘the ones under the law I may win’ Strongs=27700 Lemma=kerdainō
Word role=verb mood=subjunctive tense=aorist voice=active person=1st number=singular
Year=59 AD Refers to Word #114224 Person=Paul

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Other uses (4) of identical word form κερδήσω (V-SAA1··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘κερδήσω’ (V-SAA1··S) has 2 different glosses: ‘I may gain’, ‘I may win’.

1 Cor 9:19 ‘in_order_that the more I may gain’ SR GNT 1 Cor 9:19 word 12

OET-LV: 19 For/Because free being from all, to _all myself I _enslaved, in _order _that the more I _may _gain. (CO1_9:19)

OET-RV: 19 Although I have no obligation to any person, I made myself a slave of everyone in order to win over as many as possible. (CO1 9:19)

1 Cor 9:20 ‘a Youdaios in_order_that Youdaiōns I may win to the ones under the law’ SR GNT 1 Cor 9:20 word 9

OET-LV: 20 And I _became to _the Youdaiōns, like a_Youdaios, in _order _that Youdaiōns I _may _win, to _the ones under the_law, as one under the_law, not being myself under the_law, in _order _that the ones under the_law I _may _win, (CO1_9:20)

OET-RV: 20 To the Jews, I behave like the Jew that I am in order to win them. To those under the traditional rules, I behave like one of them (although I myself am not under those rules) in order to win them over. (CO1 9:20)

1 Cor 9:22 ‘in_order_that the weak I may win to the ones all I have become’ SR GNT 1 Cor 9:22 word 9

OET-LV: 22 I _became to _the weak, weak, in _order _that the weak I _may _win. To _the ones all I _have _become all things, in _order _that certainly some I _may _save. (CO1_9:22)

OET-RV: 22 To the weak, I become weak to win them over. Yes, I’ve become all things to all people so that I might be certain of saving some. (CO1 9:22)

Php 3:8 ‘rubbish in_order_that chosen_one/messiah I may gain’ SR GNT Php 3:8 word 32

OET-LV: 8 But indeed _rather also I _am _considering all things loss to _be, because _of that being _above the knowledge of_chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous the master of _me, because _of whom the things all I _was _lost and I _am _considering them rubbish, in _order _that chosen _one /messiah I _may _gain (PHP_3:8)

OET-RV: 8 In fact, I consider everything to be a loss to me because knowing Messiah Yeshua, my master, is superior. It’s because of him that I discard everything else, considering it all to be rubbish so that I can gain Messiah (PHP 3:8)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kerdainō’ have 10 different glosses: ‘having gained’, ‘to gain’, ‘I may gain’, ‘I may win’, ‘I gained’, ‘he may gain’, ‘they will_be_being won’, ‘we will_be profiting’, ‘you gained’, ‘gained’.

Greek words (1) other than κερδήσω (V-SAA1··S) with a gloss related to ‘win’

1 COR 9:21 κερδάνω (kerdanō) V-SAA1··S ‘lawful of chosen_one/messiah in_order_that I may win the lawless’ SR GNT 1 Cor 9:21 word 15

OET-LV: 21 to _the lawless, like the_lawless, not being lawless of_god, but lawful of_chosen _one /messiah, in _order _that I _may _win the lawless. (CO1_9:21)

OET-RV: 21 To those outside our religious rules, I behave like them (although not so far as to disobey God’s law, because I’m under Messiah’s law) in order to win them over. (CO1 9:21)

Key: V=verb