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Koine Greek wordlink #121021

SR GNT 2 Cor 1:17 ἐλαφρίᾳ (elafria) ‘wishing surely_not consequently to lightness I resorted or what’ Strongs=16440 Lemma=elafria^*
Word role=noun case=dative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Only use of identical word form ἐλαφρίᾳ (N-DFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐλαφρίᾳ’ (N-DFS) is always and only glossed as ‘to lightness’.

2 Cor 1:17 ‘wishing surely_not consequently to lightness I resorted or what’ SR GNT 2 Cor 1:17 word 9

OET-LV: 17 Therefore this wishing, surely _not consequently to_ the _lightness I _resorted? Or what I _am _counselling, according _to flesh I _am _counselling, in _order _that may _be with me the Yes, yes, and which No, no? (CO2_1:17)

OET-RV: 17 Was I just being light-headed when I hoped for that? Or what was I thinking? Was I just thinking in worldly ways where yes, I might, and at the same time, no, I might not? (CO2 1:17)

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

Key: N=noun DFS=dative,feminine,singular