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Koine Greek wordlink #123409

SR GNT 2Cor 5:17 ἀρχαῖα (arⱪaia) ‘a new creation he_is the ancient things passed_away see it has become’ Strongs=7440 Lemma=arχaios
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=neuter number=plural

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Only use of identical word form ἀρχαῖα (S-NNP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀρχαῖα’ (S-NNP) is always and only glossed as ‘ancient things’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘arχaios’ have 4 different glosses: ‘from the ancient’, ‘ancient’, ‘ancient things’, ‘ancients’.

Greek words (6) other than ἀρχαῖα (S-NNP) with a gloss related to ‘ancient’

ACTs 15:7 ἀρχαίων (arⱪaiōn) A-GFP ‘that from days ancient among you_all chose’ SR GNT Acts 15:7 word 47

ACTs 15:21 ἀρχαίων (arⱪaiōn) A-GFP ‘for from generations ancient in_every city the ones’ SR GNT Acts 15:21 word 6

ACTs 21:16 ἀρχαίῳ (arⱪaiōi) A-DMS ‘to Mnasōn a certain from_Kupros ancient apprentice/follower’ SR GNT Acts 21:16 word 20

2PET 2:5 ἀρχαίου (arⱪaiou) A-GMS ‘and from the ancient world not he spared’ SR GNT 2Pet 2:5 word 2

REV 12:9 ἀρχαῖος (arⱪaios) A-NMS ‘great the serpent ancient who being called the false_accuser’ SR GNT Rev 12:9 word 12

REV 20:2 ἀρχαῖον (arⱪaion) A-AMS ‘dragon the serpent ancient who is the false_accuser’ SR GNT Rev 20:2 word 11

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective AMS=accusative,masculine,singular DMS=dative,masculine,singular GFP=genitive,feminine,plural GMS=genitive,masculine,singular NMS=nominative,masculine,singular NNP=nominative,neuter,plural