Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #124822

SR GNT 2 Cor 11:32 Δαμασκηνῶν (Damaskaʸnōn) ‘was guarding the city of the from_Damaskos/(Dammeseq) to arrest me wanting’ Strongs=11530 Lemma=damaskēnos^*
Word role=substantive adjective case=genitive gender=masculine number=plural
Year=60 AD

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Only use of identical word form Δαμασκηνῶν (S-GMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Δαμασκηνῶν’ (S-GMP) is always and only glossed as ‘of the from_Damaskos/(Dammeseq)’.

(In the VLT, the word form ‘Δαμασκηνῶν’ (S-GMP) was always and only glossed as ‘of the Damascene’).

2 Cor 11:32 ‘was guarding the city of the from_Damaskos/(Dammeseq) to arrest me wanting’ SR GNT 2 Cor 11:32 word 12

OET-LV: 32 In Damaskos/(Dammeseq) the governor of _Aretas the king was _guarding the city of_the_from _Damaskos/(Dammeseq) to _arrest me, wanting, (CO2_11:32)

OET-RV: 32 The governor of Aretas (appointed by the king) had guards around the city of Damascus to try to arrest me, (CO2 11:32)

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

Key: S=substantive adjective GMP=genitive,masculine,plural