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Koine Greek wordlink #146797

SR GNT Yac 1:23 ἀκροατής (akroataʸs) ‘because if anyone a listener of the message is and’ Strongs=2020 Lemma=akroatēs
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Other uses (1) of identical word form ἀκροατής (N-NMS) in the Greek originals

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

Yac (Jam) 1:25 ‘and having continued_with it not a listener of forgetful having become but’ SR GNT Yac (Jam) 1:25 word 14

OET-LV: 25 But the one having _investigated into the_law perfect, the law of_ the _freedom, and having _continued _with it, not a_listener of _forgetful having _become, but a_doer of_the_work, this one blessed in the doing of _him will _be. (JAM_1:25)

OET-RV: 25 However the person who investigates the perfect law that gives freedom, and then sticks with it, not being just an observer that forgets about it but rather a person who puts it into practice, this person will prosper in whatever they do. (JAM 1:25)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘akroatēs’ have 2 different glosses: ‘a listener’, ‘listeners’.

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