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Koine Greek wordlink #145117

SR GNT Heb 11:17 μονογενῆ (monogenaʸ) ‘being tested and his only_birthed was offering the one the’ Strongs=34390 Lemma=monogenēs
Word role=substantive adjective case=accusative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=64 AD

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Only use of identical word form μονογενῆ (S-AMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μονογενῆ’ (S-AMS) is always and only glossed as ‘only_birthed’.

(In the VLT, the word form ‘μονογενῆ’ (S-AMS) was always and only glossed as ‘only_begotten’).

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘monogenēs’ have 4 different glosses: ‘an only_birthed’, ‘the only_birthed’, ‘of an only_birthed’, ‘only_birthed’.

Greek words (8) other than μονογενῆ (S-AMS) with a gloss related to ‘only_birthed’

YHN 1:14 μονογενοῦς (monogenous) S-GMS ‘of him a glory as of an only_birthed with a father full’ SR GNT Yhn 1:14 word 17

OET-LV: 14 And the message became flesh and sheltered among us, and we _saw the glory of _him, a_glory as of_an_only _begotten with a_father, full of _grace and truth. (JHN_1:14)

OET-RV: 14 And the message became a human and lived here among us and we saw his greatness—the greatness of an only child of the father—full of grace and truth. (JHN 1:14)

YHN 1:18 μονογενής (monogenaʸs) S-NMS ‘no_one has seen ever the only_birthed god the one being’ SR GNT Yhn 1:18 word 9

OET-LV: 18 No _one has_ ever _seen god, the_only _begotten god, the one being in the bosom of _the father, that one explained him. (JHN_1:18)

OET-RV: 18 No one has ever actually seen God, but the human son born from God the father and in close touch with him, he was the one to explain God to us. (JHN 1:18)

YHN 3:16 μονογενῆ (monogenaʸ) A-AMS ‘so_that the son only_birthed he gave in_order_that everyone’ SR GNT Yhn 3:16 word 13

OET-LV: 16 For/Because thus the god loved the world, so _that he _gave the the only _begotten son, in _order _that everyone which believing in him may_ not _perish, but may _be _having eternal life. (JHN_3:16)

OET-RV: 16 Because in that same way, God loves the people of the world enough to cause his only son to be born, and to give him to the world, so that everyone who believes that won’t die, but will go on to live forever. (JHN 3:16)

YHN 3:18 μονογενοῦς (monogenous) S-GMS ‘the name of the only_birthed son of god’ SR GNT Yhn 3:18 word 20

OET-LV: 18 The one believing in him not is _being _judged. But the one not believing, has _been_ already _judged, because he _has_ not _believed in the name of _the only _begotten son of_ the _god. (JHN_3:18)

OET-RV: 18 Anyone who trusts in me won’t be condemned. However, anyone who doesn’t believe this has already been condemned because he rejected the authority of the only son that God fathered. (JHN 3:18)

LUKE 7:12 μονογενής (monogenaʸs) S-NMS ‘see was_being carried_out having died an only_birthed son to the mother’ SR GNT Luke 7:12 word 16

OET-LV: 12 And as he _neared to _the gate of _the city, and see an_only _begotten son to _the mother of _him was _being _carried _out having _died, and she was a_widow, and a_ sizeable _crowd of _the city was with her. (LUK_7:12)

OET-RV: 12 As he got near the town gate, look, a dead boy was being carried out to the cemetery. The mother was now a widow and he had been their only son, and a large number of the local residents were with her. (LUK 7:12)

LUKE 8:42 μονογενής (monogenaʸs) S-NFS ‘because a daughter only_birthed was to him about’ SR GNT Luke 8:42 word 6

OET-LV: 42 because an_ only _begotten _daughter was to _him, about twelve of _years, and she was _dying _off. But at the time to _be _going him, the crowds were _pressing _against him. (LUK_8:42)

OET-RV: 42 because his only daughter, a twelve-year old, was dying.
¶ Then while Yeshua was on his way squeezing through the crowd, (LUK 8:42)

LUKE 9:38 μονογενής (monogenaʸs) S-NMS ‘son of me because an only_birthed to me he is’ SR GNT Luke 9:38 word 20

OET-LV: 38 And see, a_man from the crowd shouted saying: Teacher, I _am _beseeching of _you to _look _at at the son of _me, because he _is an_only _begotten to _me. (LUK_9:38)

OET-RV: 38 Then, look, a man in the crowd shouted out, “Teacher, I implore you to come and look at my son, because he’s my only child. (LUK 9:38)

1 YHN 4:9 μονογενῆ (monogenaʸ) A-AMS ‘son of him the only_birthed has sent_out god into’ SR GNT 1 Yhn 4:9 word 15

OET-LV: 9 The love of_ the _god was _revealed among us in this, that the god has _sent _out the son of _him, the only _begotten, into the world in _order _that we _may _live through him. (JN1_4:9)

OET-RV: 9 God’s love was revealed to us when he sent his only son to be born into the world so that we can live through him. (JN1 4:9)

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective AMS=accusative,masculine,singular GMS=genitive,masculine,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular NMS=nominative,masculine,singular