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Koine Greek wordlink #56137

SR GNT Luke 19:4 συκομορέαν (sukomorean) ‘ahead he went_uphill in a sycamore_tree in_order_that he may see him’ Strongs=48090 Lemma=sukomorea^*
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=33 AD

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Only use of identical word form συκομορέαν (N-AFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘συκομορέαν’ (N-AFS) is always and only glossed as ‘a sycamore_tree’.

Luke 19:4 ‘ahead he went_uphill in a sycamore_tree in_order_that he may see him’ SR GNT Luke 19:4 word 10

OET-LV: 4 And having _run _ahead ahead, he _went _up in a_sycamore _tree, in _order _that he _may _see him, because he _was _going to _be _passing _through of _that way. (LUK_19:4)

OET-RV: 4 so he ran along ahead of the crowd and climbed a sycamore tree so that he could see Yeshua as he walked past. (LUK 19:4)

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

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular