Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #121458

SR GNT 2 Cor 2:17 καπηλεύοντες (kapaʸleuontes) ‘like the many peddling the message of god’ Strongs=25850 Lemma=kapēleuō^*
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=present voice=active case=nominative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=60 AD

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Only use of identical word form καπηλεύοντες (V-PPA·NMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘καπηλεύοντες’ (V-PPA·NMP) is always and only glossed as ‘peddling’.

2 Cor 2:17 ‘like the many peddling the message of god’ SR GNT 2 Cor 2:17 word 8

OET-LV: 17 For/Because not we _are like the many peddling the message of_ the _god, but as of sincerity, but as of god, in _front _of god in chosen _one /messiah we _are _speaking. (CO2_2:17)

OET-RV: 17 We’re not like the many others who are peddling God’s message to make a profit, but we speak in front of God in sincerity. As followers of God, we speak about Messiah. (CO2 2:17)

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

Key: V=verb