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Koine Greek wordlink #11903

SR GNT Mat 17:27 ἄγκιστρον (agkistron) ‘to sea throw a fish_hook and the having gone_up’ Strongs=440 Lemma=agkistron^*
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=32 AD

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Only use of identical word form ἄγκιστρον (N-ANS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἄγκιστρον’ (N-ANS) is always and only glossed as ‘a fish_hook’.

Mat 17:27 ‘to sea throw a fish_hook and the having gone_up’ SR GNT Mat 17:27 word 11

OET-LV: 27 But in _order _that we _may_ not _offend them, having _been _gone to sea, throw a_fish _hook and take _up the first fish having _gone _up, and having _opened _up the mouth of _it, you _will _be _finding a_stater, having _taken that, give to _them for me and you. (MAT_17:27)

OET-RV: 27 “but so that we don’t offend them, go down to the lake and throw in a line. Pull out the first fish that you hook, and when you open its mouth, you’ll find a coin that’ll be enough to pay the tax for both of us.” (MAT 17:27)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘agkistron’ in the Greek originals.

Key: N=noun ANS=accusative,neuter,singular