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Koine Greek wordlink #12292

SR GNT Mat 18:15 ἐκέρδησας (ekerdaʸsas) ‘if from you he may hear you gained the brother of you’ Strongs=27700 Lemma=kerdainō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=active person=2nd number=singular
Year=32 AD Refers to Word #11934

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Only use of identical word form ἐκέρδησας (V-IAA2··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐκέρδησας’ (V-IAA2··S) is always and only glossed as ‘you gained’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kerdainō’ have 10 different glosses: ‘having gained’, ‘to gain’, ‘I may gain’, ‘I may win’, ‘I gained’, ‘he may gain’, ‘they will_be_being won’, ‘we will_be profiting’, ‘you gained’, ‘gained’.

Greek words (5) other than ἐκέρδησας (V-IAA2··S) with a gloss related to ‘gained’

MAT 25:16 ἐκέρδησεν (ekerdaʸsen) V-IAA3··S ‘with them and gained other five talantons_of_silver’ SR GNT Mat 25:16 word 12

OET-LV: 16 Having _been _gone, the one having _received the five talantons_of _silver worked with them and gained other five talantons_of _silver. (MAT_25:16)

OET-RV: 16 In his absence, the one with five bags of silver used it for trading and gained five more bags. (MAT 25:16)

MAT 25:17 ἐκέρδησεν (ekerdaʸsen) V-IAA3··S ‘the one with the two gained another two’ SR GNT Mat 25:17 word 13

OET-LV: 17 Likewise also the one with _the two gained another two. (MAT_25:17)

OET-RV: 17 Similar, the one with two bags gained two more bags. (MAT 25:17)

MAT 25:20 ἐκέρδησα (ekerdaʸsa) V-IAA1··S ‘another five talantons_of_silver I gained’ SR GNT Mat 25:20 word 23

OET-LV: 20 And having _approached the one having _received the five talantons_of _silver, brought the_other five talantons_of _silver saying, Five talantons_of _silver, master, you _gave _over to _me, see, I _gained. another five talantons_of _silver. (MAT_25:20)

OET-RV: 20 The slave who’d received five bags of silver approached, also bringing the other five bags, and said, ‘Master, you entrusted me with five bags, and look, I gained another five.’ (MAT 25:20)

MAT 25:22 ἐκέρδησα (ekerdaʸsa) V-IAA1··S ‘another two talantons_of_silver I gained’ SR GNT Mat 25:22 word 21

OET-LV: 22 The one with _the two talantons_of _silver having_ also _approached said: Master, you _gave _over two talantons_of _silver to _me. Behold, I _gained another two talantons_of _silver. (MAT_25:22)

OET-RV: 22 The slave who’d received two bags approached and said, ‘Master, you entrusted me with two bags of silver. Look, I gained another two.’ (MAT 25:22)

LUKE 9:25 κερδήσας (kerdaʸsas) V-PAA·NMS ‘for is_being benefitted a person having gained the world whole’ SR GNT Luke 9:25 word 7

OET-LV: 25 For/Because what is _being _benefitted a_person, having _gained the whole world, and having _destroyed himself or having _been _lost? (LUK_9:25)

OET-RV: 25 How would it benefit a person if they gained the wealth of the whole world, but then ended up lost or destroyed? (LUK 9:25)

Key: V=verb