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Koine Greek wordlink #32442

SR GNT Mark 12:1 ὑπολήνιον (hupolaʸnion) ‘a fence and dug a trough and built a tower’ Strongs=52760 Lemma=hupolēnion^*
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=33 AD

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Only use of identical word form ὑπολήνιον (N-ANS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ὑπολήνιον’ (N-ANS) is always and only glossed as ‘a trough’.

Mark 12:1 ‘a fence and dug a trough and built a tower’ SR GNT Mark 12:1 word 21

OET-LV:  And he _began to _be _speaking to _them in parables: A_man planted a_vineyard and put_ a_fence _around, and dug a_trough, and built a_tower, and rented _out it to_the_tenant _farmers, and travelled. (MRK_12:1)

OET-RV:  Then he started telling them some parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it, dug out a wine-pressing pit, and built a security tower. Then he rented it out and went off travelling. (MRK 12:1)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘hupolēnion’ in the Greek originals.

Key: N=noun ANS=accusative,neuter,singular