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Koine Greek wordlink #21356

SR GNT Mat 28:9 Χαίρετε (Ⱪairete) ‘met with them saying Greetings the women and having approached’ Strongs=54630 Lemma=χairō
Word role=interjection mood=imperative tense=present voice=active person=2nd number=plural
Year=33 AD Refers to Word #21271

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Only use of identical word form Χαίρετε (I-MPA2··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Χαίρετε’ (I-MPA2··P) is always and only glossed as ‘Greetings’.

(In the VLT, the word form ‘Χαίρετε’ (I-MPA2··P) was always and only glossed as ‘Hail’).

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘χairō’ have 27 different glosses: ‘are rejoicing’, ‘be elated’, ‘be rejoicing’, ‘is rejoicing’, ‘may_be rejoicing’, ‘to_be elated’, ‘to_be greeting’, ‘to_be rejoicing’, ‘was elated’, ‘was rejoicing’, ‘were elated’, ‘will_be_being elated’, ‘I am rejoicing’, ‘I was elated’, ‘I will_be_being elated’, ‘he is rejoicing’, ‘they were elated’, ‘they were rejoicing’, ‘we are rejoicing’, ‘we may_be rejoicing’, ‘we were elated’, ‘you_all may_be elated’, ‘you_all were elated’, ‘Greetings’, ‘hail’, ‘rejoicing’, ‘rejoicing ones’.

Greek words (4) other than Χαίρετε (I-MPA2··P) with a gloss related to ‘Greetings’

YHN 19:3 Χαῖρε (Ⱪaire) I-MPA2··S ‘him and they were saying Greetings king of the Youdaiōns’ SR GNT Yhn 19:3 word 7

OET-LV: 3 and they _were _coming to him and they _were _saying: Greetings, the king of _the Youdaiōns. And they _were _giving slaps to _him. (JHN_19:3)

OET-RV: 3 They came up to him and said, “Greetings, you king of the Jews,” and then slapped him. (JHN 19:3)

MARK 15:18 Χαῖρε (Ⱪaire) I-MPA2··S ‘they began to_be greeting him Greetings king of the Youdaiōns’ SR GNT Mark 15:18 word 7

OET-LV: 18 and they _began to _be _greeting him: Greetings, king of _the Youdaiōns. (MRK_15:18)

OET-RV: 18 and began saluting him, “Greetings, king of the Jews.” (MRK 15:18)

MAT 26:49 Χαῖρε (Ⱪaire) I-MPA2··S ‘having approached to Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) he said Greetings My_great_one and he kissed’ SR GNT Mat 26:49 word 10

OET-LV: 49 And immediately having _approached to_ the _Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) he _said: Greetings, my _great_one, and he _kissed him. (MAT_26:49)

OET-RV: 49 He walked straight up to Yeshua and said, “Greetings, my honoured teacher,” and he kissed him. (MAT 26:49)

MAT 27:29 Χαῖρε (Ⱪaire) I-MPA2··S ‘they mocked at him saying Greetings king of the Youdaiōns’ SR GNT Mat 27:29 word 33

OET-LV: 29 and having _twisted _together a_crown of thorns, they _put _on it on the head of _him, and a_staff in the right hand of _him, and having _kneeled before him, they _mocked at _him saying: Greetings, the king of _the Youdaiōns. (MAT_27:29)

OET-RV: 29 They twisted together a crown made of strips of thorns and plonked it on his head and made him hold a reed as a staff. Then they knelt down in front of him and mocked him, saying, “Greetings, your majesty, King of the Jews.” (MAT 27:29)

Key: I=interjection