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Koine Greek wordlink #116666

SR GNT 1 Cor 9:21 κερδάνω (kerdanō) ‘lawful of chosen_one/messiah in_order_that I may win the lawless’ 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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Only use of identical word form κερδάνω (V-SAA1··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘κερδάνω’ (V-SAA1··S) is always and only glossed as ‘I may win’.

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 (3) other than κερδάνω (V-SAA1··S) with a gloss related to ‘win’

1 COR 9:20 κερδήσω (kerdaʸsō) V-SAA1··S ‘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 9:20 κερδήσω (kerdaʸsō) V-SAA1··S ‘the ones under the law I may win’ SR GNT 1 Cor 9:20 word 26

1 COR 9:22 κερδήσω (kerdaʸsō) V-SAA1··S ‘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)

Key: V=verb