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Koine Greek wordlink #47650

SR GNT Luke 9:38 μονογενής (monogenaʸs) ‘son of me because an only_birthed to me he is’ Strongs=34390 Lemma=monogenēs
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular

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Only use of identical word form μονογενής (S-NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μονογενής’ (S-NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘an only_birthed’.

(In the VLT, the word form ‘μονογενής’ (S-NMS) was always and only glossed as ‘an only_begotten’).

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘monogenēs’ have 4 different glosses: ‘an only_birthed’, ‘the only_birthed’, ‘of an only_birthed’, ‘only_birthed’.

Greek words (8) other than μονογενής (S-NMS) with a gloss related to ‘only_birthed’

YHN 1:14 μονογενοῦς (monogenous) S-GMS ‘of him a glory as of an only_birthed with a father full’ SR GNT Yhn 1:14 word 17

YHN 1:18 μονογενὴς (monogenaʸs) S-NMS ‘no_one has seen ever the only_birthed god the one being’ SR GNT Yhn 1:18 word 9

YHN 3:16 μονογενῆ (monogenaʸ) A-AMS ‘so_that the son only_birthed he gave in_order_that everyone’ SR GNT Yhn 3:16 word 13

YHN 3:18 μονογενοῦς (monogenous) S-GMS ‘the name of the only_birthed son of god’ SR GNT Yhn 3:18 word 20

LUKE 7:12 μονογενὴς (monogenaʸs) S-NMS ‘see was_being carried_out having died an only_birthed son to the mother’ SR GNT Luke 7:12 word 16

LUKE 8:42 μονογενὴς (monogenaʸs) S-NFS ‘because a daughter only_birthed was to him about’ SR GNT Luke 8:42 word 6

HEB 11:17 μονογενῆ (monogenaʸ) S-AMS ‘being tested and his only_birthed was offering the one the’ SR GNT Heb 11:17 word 9

1YHN 4:9 μονογενῆ (monogenaʸ) A-AMS ‘son of him the only_birthed has sent_out god into’ SR GNT 1Yhn 4:9 word 15

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective AMS=accusative,masculine,singular GMS=genitive,masculine,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular NMS=nominative,masculine,singular