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Koine Greek wordlink #8894

SR GNT Mat 13:39 θερισταί (theristai) ‘is the and harvesters messengers are’ Strongs=23270 Lemma=theristēs
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Seaside_Parables_and_Miracle

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Only use of identical word form θερισταί (N-NMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘θερισταί’ (N-NMP) is always and only glossed as ‘harvesters’.

Greek words (1) other than θερισταί (N-NMP) with a gloss related to ‘harvesters’

MAT 13:30 θερισταῖς (theristais) N-DMP ‘harvest I will_be saying to the harvesters gather first the’ SR GNT Mat 13:30 word 18

OET-LV: 30 Allow both to _be _being _grown _together until the harvest, and in the_time of _the harvest I _will _be _saying to _the harvesters: Gather first the darnels and bind them into bundles in _order that to _burn _up them, and gather _together the wheat into the barn of _me. (MAT_13:30)

OET-RV: 30 ‘Let them all grown together, and then at harvest time I can just tell the harvesters to pull the false wheat plants out first and put then in bundles to be incinerated, and then harvest the wheat to go into my barn.’ ” (MAT 13:30)

Key: N=noun DMP=dative,masculine,plural NMP=nominative,masculine,plural