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Koine Greek wordlink #36532

SR GNT Mark 15:18 Χαῖρε (Ⱪaire) ‘they began to_be greeting him Greetings king of the Youdaiōns’ Strongs=54630 Lemma=χairō
Word role=interjection mood=imperative tense=present voice=active person=2nd number=singular

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Only use of identical word form Χαῖρε (I-MPA2..S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Χαῖρε’ (I-MPA2..S) is always and only glossed as ‘Greetings’.

(In the VLT, the word form ‘Χαῖρε’ (I-MPA2..S) 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 Χαῖρε (I-MPA2..S) 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

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

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

MAT 28:9 χαίρετε (ⱪairete) I-MPA2..P ‘met with them saying Greetings the women and having approached’ SR GNT Mat 28:9 word 17

Key: I=interjection MPA2..P=imperative,present,active,2nd person plural MPA2..S=imperative,present,active,2nd person singular