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Koine Greek wordlink #73338

SR GNT Yhn 11:39 τεταρταῖος (tetartaios) ‘master already he is stinking the fourth_day for it is’ Strongs=50660 Lemma=tetartaios^*
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=33 AD

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Only use of identical word form τεταρταῖος (S-NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘τεταρταῖος’ (S-NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘the fourth_day’.

Yhn (Jhn) 11:39 ‘master already he is stinking the fourth_day for it is’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 11:39 word 20

OET-LV: 39 The Yaʸsous is _saying: Take _away the stone. Martha the the_sister of _the one having _died is _saying to _him: master, he _is_ already _stinking, because/for it _is the_fourth _day. (JHN_11:39)

OET-RV: 39 and Yeshua instructed them to take away the stone.
¶ Martha (the sister of the dead man) spoke up, “Master, the stink will be bad because it’s already been four days.” (JHN 11:39)

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

Key: S=substantive adjective NMS=nominative,masculine,singular