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Koine Greek wordlink #147981

SR GNT Yac 4:13 κερδήσομεν (kerdaʸsomen) ‘and we will_be merchandising and we will_be profiting’ Strongs=27700 Lemma=kerdainō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=future voice=active person=1st number=plural
Year=60 AD Refers to Word #147960

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Only use of identical word form κερδήσομεν (V-IFA1··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘κερδήσομεν’ (V-IFA1··P) is always and only glossed as ‘we will_be profiting’.

Yac (Jam) 4:13 ‘and we will_be merchandising and we will_be profiting’ SR GNT Yac (Jam) 4:13 word 25

OET-LV: 13 Be _come now, you _all saying: Today or tomorrow, we _will _be _going into this the city, and we _will _be _working there a_year, and we _will _be _merchandising, and we _will _be _profiting. (JAM_4:13)

OET-RV: 13 Now you all might say, ‘Today or tomorrow we’ll go into the city to work there for a year and do some trading to make some money.’ (JAM 4:13)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kerdainō’ have 10 different glosses: ‘having gained’, ‘to gain’, ‘I may gain’, ‘I may win’, ‘I gained’, ‘he may gain’, ‘they will_be_being won’, ‘we will_be profiting’, ‘you gained’, ‘gained’.

Key: V=verb