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Koine Greek wordlink #79141

SR GNT Yhn 18:37 οὐκοῦν (oukoun) ‘therefore to him Pilatos not_then a king are you’ Strongs=37660 Lemma=oukoun^*
Word role=adverb
Year=33 AD

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Only use of identical word form οὐκοῦν (D-···) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘οὐκοῦν’ (D-···) is always and only glossed as ‘not_then’.

Yhn (Jhn) 18:37 ‘therefore to him Pilatos not_then a king are you’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 18:37 word 6

OET-LV: 37 Therefore the Pilatos said to _him: Are you not _then a_king? The Yaʸsous answered: You are _saying that I am a_king. for this I _have _been _born, and for this I _have _come into the world, in _order _that I _may _testify to _the truth. Everyone which being of the truth, is _hearing of _the voice of _me. (JHN_18:37)

OET-RV: 37 “So you are a king then?” Pilate responded.
¶ “You’re saying that I’m a king,” said Yeshua, “and indeed I was born to be a king. I came into the world so that I could testify to the truth.” (JHN 18:37)

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

Key: D=adverb