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Koine Greek wordlink #124815

SR GNT 2 Cor 11:32 Ἁρέτα (Hareta) ‘Damaskos/(Dammeseq) the governor of Aretas the king was guarding’ Strongs=7020 Lemma=aretas^*
Word role=proper noun case=genitive gender=masculine number=singular
Person=Aretas Year=60 AD

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Only use of identical word form Ἁρέτα (N-GMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Ἁρέτα’ (N-GMS) is always and only glossed as ‘of Aretas’.

2 Cor 11:32 ‘Damaskos/(Dammeseq) the governor of Aretas the king was guarding’ SR GNT 2 Cor 11:32 word 5

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) ‘aretas’ in the Greek originals.

Key: N=noun GMS=genitive, masculine, singular