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Koine Greek wordlink #49100

SR GNT Luke 11:12 σκορπίον (skorpion) ‘an egg will_be handing_out to him a scorpion’ Strongs=46510 Lemma=skorpios
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=33 AD

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Only use of identical word form σκορπίον (N-AMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘σκορπίον’ (N-AMS) is always and only glossed as ‘a scorpion’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘skorpios’ have 4 different glosses: ‘a scorpion’, ‘of a scorpion’, ‘to scorpions’, ‘scorpions’.

Greek words (1) other than σκορπίον (N-AMS) with a gloss related to ‘scorpion’

REV 9:5 σκορπίου (skorpiou) N-GMS ‘of them is like torment of a scorpion whenever it may strike a person’ SR GNT Rev 9:5 word 21

OET-LV: 5 And it _was _given to _them, in _order _that not they _may _kill _off them, but in _order _that they _will _be _being _tormented five for _months, and the torment of _them is like torment of_a_scorpion, whenever it _may _strike a_person. (REV_9:5)

OET-RV: 5 They weren’t given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like that of a scorpion when it strikes a person. (REV 9:5)

Key: N=noun AMS=accusative,masculine,singular GMS=genitive,masculine,singular