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Koine Greek wordlink #127217

SR GNT Gal 4:24 διαθῆκαι (diathaʸkai) ‘for are two covenants one on_one_hand from’ Strongs=12420 Lemma=diathēkē
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=feminine number=plural
Year=58 AD

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Other uses (1) of identical word form διαθῆκαι (N-NFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘διαθῆκαι’ (N-NFP) is always and only glossed as ‘covenants’.

Rom 9:4 ‘glory and the covenants and the lawgiving’ SR GNT Rom 9:4 word 14

OET-LV: 4 who are ones_from _Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl), of _whose is the adoption _as _sons, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the sacred _service, and the promises, (ROM_9:4)

OET-RV: 4 They’re the descendants of Yisrael (Israel) who’ve been adopted as God’s children and God revealed his power and the agreements and the Law and the temple worship and the promises. (ROM 9:4)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘diathēkē’ have 7 different glosses: ‘a covenant’, ‘a covenant there_is’, ‘the covenant’, ‘of a covenant’, ‘of the covenant’, ‘covenant’, ‘covenants’.

Greek words (1) other than διαθῆκαι (N-NFP) with a gloss related to ‘covenants’

EPH 2:12 διαθηκῶν (diathaʸkōn) N-GFP ‘and strangers to the covenants of the promise hope’ SR GNT Eph 2:12 word 17

OET-LV: 12 that you _all _were the at _time that without chosen _one /messiah, having _been _estranged from _the citizenship of_ the _Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl), and strangers to _the covenants of _the promise, not having hope, and godless in the world. (EPH_2:12)

OET-RV: 12 At that time you were separated from the citizens of Yisrael (Israel) and were strangers to the agreements involving God’s promise. You didn’t have any future hope as you lived in the world without knowing God. (EPH 2:12)

Key: N=noun GFP=genitive,feminine,plural NFP=nominative,feminine,plural