Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #79776

SR GNT Yhn 19:23 ἄραφος (arafos) ‘and the tunic seamless from the parts top’ Strongs=7290 Lemma=arafos^*
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=33 AD

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

The word form ‘ἄραφος’ (S-NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘seamless’.

Yhn (Jhn) 19:23 ‘and the tunic seamless from the parts top’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 19:23 word 28

OET-LV: 23 Therefore the soldiers when they _executed _on _a _stake the Yaʸsous, took the clothes of _him, and they _made four parts, a_part to _each soldier, and the tunic. And the tunic was seamless, from the_ top _parts woven through all. (JHN_19:23)

OET-RV: 23 After the soldiers had fastened Yeshua to the stake, they took his clothes and placed them in four piles, one for each of them. This left his robe, which had been woven from top to bottom in one piece. (JHN 19:23)

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

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