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Koine Greek wordlink #124040

SR GNT 2 Cor 10:4 ὀχυρωμάτων (oⱪurōmatōn) ‘to god to the tearing_down of strongholds arguments taking_down’ Strongs=37940 Lemma=oχurōma^*
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=neuter number=plural
Year=60 AD

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Only use of identical word form ὀχυρωμάτων (N-GNP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ὀχυρωμάτων’ (N-GNP) is always and only glossed as ‘of strongholds’.

2 Cor 10:4 ‘to god to the tearing_down of strongholds arguments taking_down’ SR GNT 2 Cor 10:4 word 16

OET-LV: 4 For/Because the weapons of _the warfare of _us are not fleshly, but powerful to_ the _god to the_tearing _down of _strongholds, arguments taking _down, (CO2_10:4)

OET-RV: 4 because the weapons that we use in war are not physical but come with God’s power for tearing down anti-God institutions and nullifying their arguments. (CO2 10:4)

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

Key: N=noun GNP=genitive,neuter,plural