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Koine Greek wordlink #121534

SR GNT 2 Cor 3:3 πλαξίν (plaxin) ‘the living not on tablets stone but on’ Strongs=41090 Lemma=plax
Word role=noun case=dative gender=feminine number=plural
Year=60 AD

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Other uses (1) of identical word form πλαξίν (N-DFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘πλαξίν’ (N-DFP) is always and only glossed as ‘tablets’.

2 Cor 3:3 ‘stone but on tablets of hearts fleshy’ SR GNT 2 Cor 3:3 word 23

OET-LV: 3 being _revealed that you _all _are a_letter of_chosen _one /messiah, having _been _served by us, having _been _inscribed not in _ink, but with_the_spirit of_god the_living, not on tablets stone, but on tablets of _hearts fleshy. (CO2_3:3)

OET-RV: 3 It shows that you who were served by us, are now Messiah’s letter that wasn’t written with ink but with God’s living spirit—not written on stone tablets but on people’s hearts. (CO2 3:3)

Greek words (1) other than πλαξίν (N-DFP) with a gloss related to ‘tablets’

HEB 9:4 πλάκες (plakes) N-NFP ‘having sprouted and the tablets of the covenant’ SR GNT Heb 9:4 word 27

OET-LV: 4 the_golden having incense _altar and the box of _the covenant, having _been _covered _around on _every _side with _gold, in which jar golden having the manna, and the staff of_Aʼarōn/(ʼAhₐron) which having _sprouted, and the tablets of _the covenant. (HEB_9:4)

OET-RV: 4 having the golden incense altar and the box of the agreement which was completely gold-plated and which contained a golden jar of manna and Aaron’s staff which had sprouted and the stone tablets inscribed with the commands. (HEB 9:4)

Key: N=noun DFP=dative,feminine,plural NFP=nominative,feminine,plural