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Koine Greek wordlink #143208

SR GNT Heb 7:26 ἔπρεπεν (eprepen) ‘for for us also was befitting a chief_priest devout innocent’ Strongs=42410 Lemma=prepō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=active person=3rd number=singular
Year=64 AD

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Other uses (1) of identical word form ἔπρεπεν (V-IIA3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἔπρεπεν’ (V-IIA3··S) has 2 different glosses: ‘was befitting’, ‘it was befitting’.

Heb 2:10 ‘it was befitting for to him for’ SR GNT Heb 2:10 word 1

OET-LV: 10 For/Because it _was _befitting to _him, because/for whom are the things all, and by whom are the things all, many sons to glory having _brought, the originator of _the salvation of _them, through sufferings to _perfect. (HEB_2:10)

OET-RV: 10 It was appropriate for him, the one who everything was made for and who made everything, having brought many children to be with God and being the originator of their salvation, to become perfect through what he suffered. (HEB 2:10)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘prepō’ have 5 different glosses: ‘is befitting’, ‘was befitting’, ‘it is befitting’, ‘it was befitting’, ‘befitting’.

Greek words (7) other than ἔπρεπεν (V-IIA3··S) with a gloss related to ‘befitting’

MAT 3:15 πρέπον (prepon) V-PPA·NNS ‘now thus for befitting it is to us to fulfill’ SR GNT Mat 3:15 word 13

OET-LV: 15 But the Yaʸsous answering said to him: Allow it now, because/for thus it _is befitting to _us to _fulfill all righteousness. Then he _is _allowing him. (MAT_3:15)

OET-RV: 15 “Just allow it,” answered Yeshua, “because we need to do what righteousness requires.” So Yohan immersed him. (MAT 3:15)

ACTs 22:22 καθῆκεν (kathaʸken) V-IIA3··S Lemma=kathēkō ‘such man not for it was befitting him to_be living’ SR GNT Acts 22:22 word 23

OET-LV: 22 And they _were _hearing from _him until this the message, and they _lifted _up the voice of _them saying: Be _taking _away the such man from the earth, because/for it _was_ not _befitting him to _be _living. (ACT_22:22)

OET-RV: 22 Until this point in his message, the crowd had been listening to Paul, but now they started shouting, “Do away with this man! He doesn’t deserve to live in this world!” (ACT 22:22)

ROM 1:28 καθήκοντα (kathaʸkonta) V-PPA·ANP Lemma=kathēkō ‘to_be doing the things not befitting’ SR GNT Rom 1:28 word 20

OET-LV: 28 And as not they _approved the god to _be _having in knowledge, gave _over them the god to an_unqualified mind, to _be _doing the things not befitting, (ROM_1:28)

OET-RV: 28 They didn’t want to know about God and so he reluctantly let their depraved minds be filled with unhelpful thoughts (ROM 1:28)

1 COR 11:13 πρέπον (prepon) V-PPA·NNS ‘you_all yourselves judge befitting it is a woman uncovered’ SR GNT 1 Cor 11:13 word 5

OET-LV: 13 In you _all yourselves judge: befitting it _is a_woman uncovered, to_ the _god to _be _praying? (CO1_11:13)

OET-RV: 13 So judge for yourselves: is it proper for women to pray to God with their heads uncovered? (CO1 11:13)

EPH 5:3 πρέπει (prepei) V-IPA3··S ‘among you_all as is befitting to holy ones’ SR GNT Eph 5:3 word 14

OET-LV: 3 But sexual _immorality, and all impurity, or greediness, not it _let _be _being _named among you _all, as is _befitting to _holy ones, (EPH_5:3)

OET-RV: 3 It’s fitting for dedicated believers to not even entertain thoughts of sexual immorality or impurity or greed. (EPH 5:3)

1 TIM 2:10 πρέπει (prepei) V-IPA3··S ‘but what is befitting to women professing the god-fearing’ SR GNT 1 Tim 2:10 word 3

OET-LV: 10 but what is _befitting to _women professing the_god-fearing, through good works. (TI1_2:10)

OET-RV: 10 but with what is fitting for women who do good things, having declared that they honour god. (TI1 2:10)

TIT 2:1 πρέπει (prepei) V-IPA3··S ‘but be speaking the things it is befitting to being_sound teaching’ SR GNT Tit 2:1 word 6

OET-LV: 2 But you be _speaking the things it _is _befitting which to _being _sound teaching. (TIT_2:1)

OET-RV: 2 But you, Titos, only teach what’s consistent with sound doctrine. (TIT 2:1)

Key: V=verb