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Koine Greek wordlink #156033

SR GNT Yud 1:12 νεφέλαι (nefelai) ‘fearlessly themselves shepherding clouds waterless by of winds’ Strongs=35070 Lemma=nefelē
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=feminine number=plural
Referred to from Word #156039

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Only use of identical word form νεφέλαι (N-NFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘νεφέλαι’ (N-NFP) is always and only glossed as ‘clouds’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘nefelē’ have 5 different glosses: ‘a cloud’, ‘the clouds’, ‘in a cloud’, ‘cloud’, ‘clouds’.

Greek words (6) other than νεφέλαι (N-NFP) with a gloss related to ‘clouds’

MARK 13:26 νεφέλαις (nefelais) N-DFP ‘of Man coming in the clouds with power great’ SR GNT Mark 13:26 word 12

MARK 14:62 νεφελῶν (nefelōn) N-GFP ‘coming with the clouds of the sky’ SR GNT Mark 14:62 word 27

MAT 24:30 νεφελῶν (nefelōn) N-GFP ‘coming on the clouds of the sky with’ SR GNT Mat 24:30 word 33

MAT 26:64 νεφελῶν (nefelōn) N-GFP ‘coming in the clouds of the sky’ SR GNT Mat 26:64 word 27

1TH 4:17 νεφέλαις (nefelais) N-DFP ‘them will_be_being snatched in the clouds for the meeting of the’ SR GNT 1Th 4:17 word 13

REV 1:7 νεφελῶν (nefelōn) N-GFP ‘he is coming with the clouds and will_be seeing him’ SR GNT Rev 1:7 word 6

Key: N=noun DFP=dative,feminine,plural GFP=genitive,feminine,plural NFP=nominative,feminine,plural