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Koine Greek wordlink #145449

SR GNT Heb 11:38 σπηλαίοις (spaʸlaiois) ‘and mountains and caves and holes of the’ Strongs=46930 Lemma=spēlaion
Word role=noun case=dative gender=neuter number=plural
Year=64 AD

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Only use of identical word form σπηλαίοις (N-DNP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘σπηλαίοις’ (N-DNP) is always and only glossed as ‘caves’.

Heb 11:38 ‘and mountains and caves and holes of the’ SR GNT Heb 11:38 word 14

OET-LV: 38 of _whom not was worthy the world, in wildernesss being _strayed, and mountains, and caves, and the holes of _the earth. (HEB_11:38)

OET-RV: 38 This world wasn’t worthy of having them. They wandered around wilderness areas and on hills and lived in caves and in holes in the ground. (HEB 11:38)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘spēlaion’ have 3 different glosses: ‘a cave’, ‘a hideout’, ‘caves’.

Greek words (1) other than σπηλαίοις (N-DNP) with a gloss related to ‘caves’

REV 6:15 σπήλαια (spaʸlaia) N-ANP ‘themselves in the caves and among the’ SR GNT Rev 6:15 word 31

OET-LV: 15 And the kings of _the earth, and the magnates, and the commanders, and the rich, and the mighty, and every slave and free man, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of _the mountains, (REV_6:15)

OET-RV: 15 Then the kings on the earth, and high-ranking officials, military officers, rich people and influential individuals, all slaves and free people hid in caves and among rocks on the mountains. (REV 6:15)

Key: N=noun ANP=accusative, neuter, plural DNP=dative, neuter, plural