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Koine Greek wordlink #38934

SR GNT Luke 2:16 βρέφος (brefos) ‘Yōsaʸf/(Yōşēf) and the baby lying in the’ Strongs=10250 Lemma=brefos
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=4 AD TimeSeries=Birth_of_Jesus Referred to from Word #38952

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Other uses (1) of identical word form βρέφος (N-ANS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘βρέφος’ (N-ANS) has 2 different glosses: ‘a baby’, ‘baby’.

Luke 2:12 ‘the sign you_all will_be finding a baby having_been swaddled and lying’ SR GNT Luke 2:12 word 9

OET-LV: 12 And this is the sign to _you _all: you _all _will _be _finding a_baby having _been _swaddled, and lying in a_manger. (LUK_2:12)

OET-RV: 12 and this is how you’ll know him: you’ll find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and sleeping in a feeding trough.” (LUK 2:12)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘brefos’ have 3 different glosses: ‘a baby’, ‘babies’, ‘baby’.

Greek words (3) other than βρέφος (N-ANS) with a gloss related to ‘baby’

LUKE 1:41 βρέφος (brefos) N-NNS ‘Elisabet kicked the baby in the womb’ SR GNT Luke 1:41 word 17

OET-LV: 41 And it _became, as the Elisabet heard the greeting of_ the _Maria, the baby kicked in the womb of _her, and the Elisabet was _filled with_the_ holy _spirit, (LUK_1:41)

OET-RV: 41 and as soon as Elizabeth heard the greeting, her baby in her womb kicked, and she was filled with the holy spirit (LUK 1:41)

LUKE 1:44 βρέφος (brefos) N-NNS ‘in exultation the baby in the womb’ SR GNT Luke 1:44 word 18

OET-LV: 44 For/Because see, as the voice of _the greeting of _you became into the ears of _me, the baby in the womb of _me kicked in. exultation. (LUK_1:44)

OET-RV: 44 You see, as soon as I heard your greeting, the baby in my womb kicked with excitement, (LUK 1:44)

2 TIM 3:15 βρέφους (brefous) N-GNS ‘and that from a baby the the sacred writings’ SR GNT 2 Tim 3:15 word 4

OET-LV: 15 and that from a_baby you _have _known the the_sacred writings, which being _able to _make_ you _wise to salvation through faith which in chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous. (TI2_3:15)

OET-RV: 15 You’ve known the sacred scriptures since you were a young child, and the wisdom contained in them is able to lead you to salvation through faith in Yeshua the messiah. (TI2 3:15)

Key: N=noun ANS=accusative,neuter,singular GNS=genitive,neuter,singular NNS=nominative,neuter,singular