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Koine Greek wordlink #19512

SR GNT Mat 26:53 λεγεῶνων (legeōnōn) ‘before me more twelve of army_divisions of messengers’ Strongs=30030 Lemma=legeōn
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=feminine number=plural
Year=33 AD

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Only use of identical word form λεγεῶνων (N-GFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘λεγεῶνων’ (N-GFP) is always and only glossed as ‘of army_divisions’.

(In the VLT, the word form ‘λεγεῶνων’ (N-GFP) was always and only glossed as ‘of legions’).

Mat 26:53 ‘before me more twelve of army_divisions of messengers’ SR GNT Mat 26:53 word 25

OET-LV: 53 Or are _you _supposing that I _am_ not _being _able now to _appeal the father of _me, and he _will _be _standing_ more twelve of _legions of _messengers _before before _me? (MAT_26:53)

OET-RV: 53 Don’t you realise that I could just ask my father and he would place over a dozen divisions of heavenly soldiers here in front of me, (MAT 26:53)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘legeōn’ have 2 different glosses: ‘of army_divisions’, ‘Many_thousands’.

Key: N=noun GFP=genitive,feminine,plural