Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #79999

SR GNT Yhn 19:32 σκέλη (skelaʸ) ‘first they broke the legs and of the other’ Strongs=46280 Lemma=skelos
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=neuter number=plural
Year=33 AD

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Other uses (1) of identical word form σκέλη (N-ANP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘σκέλη’ (N-ANP) is always and only glossed as ‘legs’.

Yhn (Jhn) 19:33 ‘they broke of him the legs’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 19:33 word 18

OET-LV: 33 on _the _other _hand having _come to the Yaʸsous, when they _saw him having _died already, they_ not _broke the legs of _him. (JHN_19:33)

OET-RV: 33 but when they got to him, they saw that he was already dead so they didn’t break his legs. (JHN 19:33)

Greek words (1) other than σκέλη (N-ANP) with a gloss related to ‘legs’

YHN 19:31 σκέλη (skelaʸ) N-NNP ‘may_be broken of them the legs and they may_be taken_away’ SR GNT Yhn 19:31 word 38

OET-LV: 31 Therefore the Youdaiōns, because it _was the_preparation day, in _order _that the bodies may_ not _remain on the stake on the day _of _rest (for it _was great the day of _that the day _of _rest), they _asked the Pilatos that the legs of _them may _be _broken, and they _may _be _taken _away. (JHN_19:31)

OET-RV: 31 Now because it was the preparation day for the coming Rest Day, the Jews didn’t want the bodies to remain on the stakes after dusk (because it was even a special Rest Day.) So they asked Pilate to command for their legs to be broken to hasten their deaths and then they could be taken down sooner. (JHN 19:31)

Key: N=noun ANP=accusative,neuter,plural NNP=nominative,neuter,plural