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Koine Greek wordlink #141652

SR GNT Heb 3:5 θεράπων (therapōn) ‘house of him as a server for a testimony of the things’ Strongs=23240 Lemma=therapōn^*
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=64 AD

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Only use of identical word form θεράπων (N-NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘θεράπων’ (N-NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘a server’.

Heb 3:5 ‘house of him as a server for a testimony of the things’ SR GNT Heb 3:5 word 11

OET-LV: 5 And Mōsaʸs on _one _hand faithful in all the house of _him, as a_server for a_testimony of _the things going _to _speak, (HEB_3:5)

OET-RV: 5 On one hand, Mosheh was faithful in all of his house, thus serving as a testimony for what was yet to be told, (HEB 3:5)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘therapōn’ in the Greek originals.

Key: N=noun NMS=nominative,masculine,singular