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Koine Greek wordlink #144990

SR GNT Heb 11:11 καταβολήν (katabolaʸn) ‘Sarra/(Sārāh) power for the conception of seed received also’ Strongs=26020 Lemma=katabolē
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=64 AD

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Only use of identical word form καταβολήν (N-AFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘καταβολήν’ (N-AFS) is always and only glossed as ‘the conception’.

Heb 11:11 ‘Sarra/(Sārāh) power for the conception of seed received also’ SR GNT Heb 11:11 word 8

OET-LV: 11 By _faith even herself Sarra/(Sārāh) power for the_conception of _seed received, also beyond time of _age, because faithful she _considered the one having _promised. (HEB_11:11)

OET-RV: 11 By faith even Sarah herself received the power to conceive a child when she was past that age, because she considered that the one who had made the promise would be faithful to his word. (HEB 11:11)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘katabolē’ have 2 different glosses: ‘the conception’, ‘the foundation’.

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular