Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #80071

SR GNT Yhn 19:36 Ὀστοῦν (Ostoun) ‘the scripture may_be fulfilled bone not will_be_being broken of him’ Strongs=37470 Lemma=ostoun^*
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=33 AD

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Only use of identical word form Ὀστοῦν (N-NNS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Ὀστοῦν’ (N-NNS) is always and only glossed as ‘bone’.

Yhn (Jhn) 19:36 ‘the scripture may_be fulfilled bone not will_be_being broken of him’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 19:36 word 8

OET-LV: 36 For/Because these things became, in _order _that the scripture may _be _fulfilled: Bone of _him ˓will˒_ not _be _being _broken. (JHN_19:36)

OET-RV: 36 because these things also happened to fulfil what was written in the scriptures, that ‘none of his bones will be broken,’ (JHN 19:36)

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

Key: N=noun NNS=nominative,neuter,singular