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Koine Greek wordlink #122517

SR GNT 2 Cor 5:20 Ὑπέρ (Huper) ‘for chosen_one/messiah therefore we are being_ambassadors’ Strongs=52280 Lemma=huper
Word role=preposition
Year=60 AD

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Other uses (2) of identical word form Ὑπέρ (P-···) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Ὑπέρ’ (P-···) has 2 different glosses: ‘concerning’, ‘for’.

2 Cor 12:5 ‘concerning such man I will_be boasting concerning’ SR GNT 2 Cor 12:5 word 1

OET-LV: 5 Concerning the such man, I _will _be _boasting, but concerning myself, not I _will _be _boasting, except not/lest in my weaknesses. (CO2_12:5)

OET-RV: 5 I’m prepared to boast about that man, but I won’t boast about myself because I won’t boast at all except about my weaknesses, (CO2 12:5)

2 Cor 12:8 ‘for this three-times the’ SR GNT 2 Cor 12:8 word 2

OET-LV: 8 For/Because this three-times the master I _implored that he _may _withdraw from me. (CO2_12:8)

OET-RV: 8 Three times I begged the master that it might leave me (CO2 12:8)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘huper’ have 7 different glosses: ‘about’, ‘above’, ‘above them’, ‘beyond’, ‘concerning’, ‘for’, ‘for/because’.

Key: P=preposition