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Koine Greek wordlink #39819

SR GNT Luke 3:7 ἐχιδνῶν (eⱪidnōn) ‘by him brood of vipers who warned to you_all’ Strongs=21910 Lemma=eχidna
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=feminine number=plural
Year=26 AD TimeSeries=John_the_Baptist_Begins_Ministry

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Other uses (3) of identical word form ἐχιδνῶν (N-GFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐχιδνῶν’ (N-GFP) is always and only glossed as ‘of vipers’.

Mat 3:7 ‘he said to them brood of vipers who warned to you_all’ SR GNT Mat 3:7 word 16

OET-LV: 7 But having _seen many of _the Farisaios_party and Saddoukaios_sect coming to the immersion of _him, he _said to _them: Brood of _vipers, who warned to _you _all to _flee from the coming severe _anger? (MAT_3:7)

OET-RV: 7 But when Yohan saw many from the party of the Pharisees and from the Sadducee sect coming for immersion, he told them, “You brood of snakes, who warned you to flee from God’s severe anger that’s coming? (MAT 3:7)

Mat 12:34 ‘brood of vipers how you_all are being_able good things’ SR GNT Mat 12:34 word 3

OET-LV: 34 Brood of _vipers, being evil how are _you _all _being _able to _be _speaking good things? For/Because the mouth is _speaking out _of the excess of _the heart. (MAT_12:34)

OET-RV: 34 You brood of snakes! You’re evil inside so why do you think you can say anything that’s good because your mouths speak out of what’s plentiful in your hearts. (MAT 12:34)

Mat 23:33 ‘serpents brood of vipers how you_all may escape from’ SR GNT Mat 23:33 word 3

OET-LV: 33 Serpents, brood of _vipers, how may _you _all _escape from the judgement of_ the _geenna? (MAT_23:33)

OET-RV: 33 Bunch of snakes, brood of vipers, how do you think that you’ll escape the judgement of hell? (MAT 23:33)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘eχidna’ have 2 different glosses: ‘a viper’, ‘of vipers’.

Key: N=noun GFP=genitive,feminine,plural