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Koine Greek wordlink #3763

SR GNT Mat 7:13 στενῆς (stenaʸs) ‘come_in through the narrow gate because wide is’ Strongs=47280 Lemma=stenos
Word role=adjective case=genitive gender=feminine number=singular
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Sermon_on_the_Mount

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Other uses (1) of identical word form στενῆς (A-GFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘στενῆς’ (A-GFS) is always and only glossed as ‘narrow’.

Luke 13:24 ‘to come_in through the narrow door because many’ SR GNT Luke 13:24 word 5

OET-LV: 24 Be _striving to _come _in through the narrow door, because I _am _saying to _you _all many, will _be _seeking to _come _in and they_˓will˒_ not _be _able. (LUK_13:24)

OET-RV: 24 Make an effort to get in through the narrow door, because I’m telling you that many people want to come in but they won’t be able to. (LUK 13:24)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘stenos’ have 2 different glosses: ‘narrow’, ‘narrow is’.

Greek words (1) other than στενῆς (A-GFS) with a gloss related to ‘narrow’

MAT 7:14 στενή (stenaʸ) S-NFS ‘how narrow is the gate and’ SR GNT Mat 7:14 word 4

OET-LV: 14 how narrow is the gate and the way which leading _away to the life having _been _narrowed is, and few are the ones finding it. (MAT_7:14)

OET-RV: 14 The gateway leading away to life is narrow, and the path has been kept narrow, and not many people find it. (MAT 7:14)

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective GFS=genitive,feminine,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular