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Koine Greek wordlink #43987

SR GNT Luke 7:12 ἱκανός (hikanos) ‘a crowd of the city sizeable was with her’ Strongs=24250 Lemma=ikanos
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Widow's_Son_Resurrected

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Other uses (7) of identical word form ἱκανός (S-NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἱκανός’ (S-NMS) has 2 different glosses: ‘sizeable’, ‘worthy’.

Mark 1:7 ‘of whom not I am worthy having bent_down to untie the’ SR GNT Mark 1:7 word 25

OET-LV: 7 And he _was _proclaiming saying: The one mightier than me is _coming after me, of _whom I _am not worthy having _bent _down, to _untie the strap of _the sandals of _him. (MRK_1:7)

OET-RV: 7 And he also announced, “There’s a greater man coming soon—in fact I’m not even good enough to bend down and untie his sandals. (MRK 1:7)

Mat 3:11 ‘of whom not I am worthy the sandals to bear’ SR GNT Mat 3:11 word 23

OET-LV: 11 I on _one _hand am _immersing you _all in water to repentance, on _the _other _hand the one coming after me is mightier than me, of _whom not I _am worthy to _bear the sandals. He will _be _immersing you _all in the_ holy _spirit and with _fire. (MAT_3:11)

OET-RV: 11 I’m immersing people in water as a sign that they’re turning away from their sins, but there’s another one coming after me who’s greater than me—so much so that I’m not even worthy to carry his sandals. He’ll immerse you in the holy spirit and fire. (MAT 3:11)

Mat 8:8 ‘master not I am worthy that of me under’ SR GNT Mat 8:8 word 11

OET-LV: 8 And the centurion answering was _saying: master, I _am not worthy that you _may _come _in under the roof of _me, but only speak by_the_message and the servant of _me will _be _being _healed. (MAT_8:8)

OET-RV: 8 “But master,” the commander replied, “I’m not worthy that you should come to my house, but just give the command and my slave will be healed, (MAT 8:8)

Luke 3:16 ‘of whom not I am worthy to untie the strap’ SR GNT Luke 3:16 word 34

OET-LV: 16 the Yōannaʸs answered saying to _all: I on _one _hand am _immersing you _all in _water, on _the _other _hand the one mightier than me is _coming, of _whom not I _am worthy to _untie the strap of _the sandals of _him, he will _be _immersing you _all in the_ holy _spirit, and with _fire, (LUK_3:16)

OET-RV: 16 but he explained to them all, “I’ve been immersing you all in water, but there’s one coming who’s greater than me, in fact I’m not even worthy to unlace his sandals. He will immerse you all with the holy spirit and with fire. (LUK 3:16)

Luke 7:6 ‘be_being troubled not for worthy I am that under’ SR GNT Luke 7:6 word 41

OET-LV: 6 And the Yaʸsous he _was _going with them. And already of _him being_ not far _away from the house, the centurion sent friends saying to _him: master, be_ not _being _troubled, because/for not worthy I _am that you _may _come _in under the roof of _me, (LUK_7:6)

OET-RV: 6 So Yeshua went with them but as they got closer to the house, the commander had sent some friends to tell him, “Master, don’t trouble yourself because I’m not worthy enough to have you enter my home (LUK 7:6)

1 Cor 15:9 ‘who not am worthy to_be_being called an ambassador because’ SR GNT 1 Cor 15:9 word 11

OET-LV: 9 For/Because I am the least of _the ambassadors, who not am worthy to _be _being _called an_ambassador, because I _persecuted the assembly of_ the _god. (CO1_15:9)

OET-RV: 9 because I’m the least of the ambassadors—quite unworthy of that title because I persecuted God’s assembly. (CO1 15:9)

2 Cor 2:16 ‘for these things who is worthy’ SR GNT 2 Cor 2:16 word 21

OET-LV: 16 to _one on _one _hand an_aroma from death to death, on _the _other _hand to _one an_aroma from life to life. And for these things who is worthy? (CO2_2:16)

OET-RV: 16 On one hand we’re an aroma of death to those choosing death, and on the other hand, an aroma of life to those choosing life. Wow, who’s worthy enough for that? (CO2 2:16)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘ikanos’ have 7 different glosses: ‘for much’, ‘large’, ‘many’, ‘much’, ‘sizeable’, ‘worthy’, ‘worthy is’.

Key: S=substantive adjective NMS=nominative,masculine,singular