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Koine Greek wordlink #78547

SR GNT Yhn 18:11 θήκην (thaʸkaʸn) ‘sword into the sheath the cup which’ Strongs=23360 Lemma=thēkē^*
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=33 AD

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Only use of identical word form θήκην (N-AFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘θήκην’ (N-AFS) is always and only glossed as ‘sheath’.

Yhn (Jhn) 18:11 ‘sword into the sheath the cup which’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 18:11 word 13

OET-LV: 11 Therefore the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) said to_ the _Petros: Put the sword into the sheath, the cup which the father has _given to _me, by _no _means I _may_ not _drink it? (JHN_18:11)

OET-RV: 11 But Yeshua said to Peter, “Put your sword back in its sheath. I need to proceed with the plan that the father has prepared for me—I can’t just avoid the suffering.” (JHN 18:11)

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

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular