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Koine Greek wordlink #53704

SR GNT Luke 15:29 ἔριφον (erifon) ‘to me never you gave a young_goat in_order_that with the’ Strongs=20560 Lemma=erifos
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=33 AD

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

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

Luke 15:29 ‘to me never you gave a young_goat in_order_that with the’ SR GNT Luke 15:29 word 25

OET-LV: 29 And he answering said to _the father of _him: Behold, so _many years I _am _serving for _you, and I_ never _passed _by a_command of _you, and you_ never _gave a_young _goat, to _me, in _order _that I _may _be _gladdened with the friends of _me. (LUK_15:29)

OET-RV: 29 ‘Listen,’ said the older son to his father, ‘I’ve worked for you for however many years and I’ve never disobeyed you, yet you never gave me even a young goat so that I could celebrate with my friends! (LUK 15:29)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘erifos’ have 2 different glosses: ‘a young_goat’, ‘goats’.

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