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Koine Greek wordlink #12812

SR GNT Mat 19:4 θῆλυ (thaʸlu) ‘beginning male and female made them’ Strongs=23380 Lemma=thēlus
Word role=substantive adjective case=accusative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=33 AD

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Other uses (1) of identical word form θῆλυ (S-ANS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘θῆλυ’ (S-ANS) is always and only glossed as ‘female’.

Mark 10:6 ‘of creation male and female he made them’ SR GNT Mark 10:6 word 7

OET-LV: 6 but from the_beginning of _creation, he _made them male and female. (MRK_10:6)

OET-RV: 6 but God made both men and women right at the beginning. (MRK 10:6)

Greek words (3) other than θῆλυ (S-ANS) with a gloss related to ‘female’

ROM 1:26 θήλειαι (thaʸleiai) S-NFP ‘of dishonour both for female of them exchanged the’ SR GNT Rom 1:26 word 13

OET-LV: 26 Because _of this, gave _over them the god to passions of _dishonour, which for both female of _them exchanged the natural usage into the contrary _to nature, (ROM_1:26)

OET-RV: 26 Because of that, God reluctantly let them exercise their dishonourable passions and their women exchanged natural acts for those against nature, (ROM 1:26)

ROM 1:27 θηλείας (thaʸleias) S-GFS ‘natural usage of the female were burned in the’ SR GNT Rom 1:27 word 12

OET-LV: 27 and likewise also the male having _left the natural usage of _the female, were _burned in the desire of _them toward one _another, male with male the shame producing, and the recompense which it _was _fitting of _the deception of _them, in themselves taking _back. (ROM_1:27)

OET-RV: 27 and similarly their men deserted the natural acts towards women and stoked their lusts towards each other—man with man and the shame that it produces, and then received back in themselves the payment which is appropriate for such deception. (ROM 1:27)

GAL 3:28 θῆλυ (thaʸlu) S-NNS ‘there_is male and female all for you_all’ SR GNT Gal 3:28 word 17

OET-LV: 28 There _is neither Youdaios nor Hellaʸn, there _is neither slave nor free, there _is neither male and female, because/for all you _all are one in chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous. (GAL_3:28)

OET-RV: 28 So there’s no Jew or Greek, no slave or free person, no male or female, because you’re all identified as being in the messiah, Yeshua. (GAL 3:28)

Key: S=substantive adjective ANS=accusative,neuter,singular GFS=genitive,feminine,singular NFP=nominative,feminine,plural NNS=nominative,neuter,singular