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Koine Greek wordlink #53625

SR GNT Luke 15:25 χορῶν (ⱪorōn) ‘he heard of music and dancing’ Strongs=55250 Lemma=χoros^*
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=masculine number=plural
Year=33 AD Referred to from Word #53637

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Only use of identical word form χορῶν (N-GMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘χορῶν’ (N-GMP) is always and only glossed as ‘dancing’.

Luke 15:25 ‘he heard of music and dancing’ SR GNT Luke 15:25 word 25

OET-LV: 25 And the the elder son of _him was in the_field, and while coming, he _neared to _the house, he _heard of _music and dancing. (LUK_15:25)

OET-RV: 25 “The man’s older son was out working in a field, and when he was heading home and got near the house, he could hear the sound of music and dancing (LUK 15:25)

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

Key: N=noun GMP=genitive,masculine,plural