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Koine Greek wordlink #24912

SR GNT Mark 4:31 μικρότερον (mikroteron) ‘on the earth smaller than being all the’ Strongs=33985 Lemma=mikroteros
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Seaside_Parables_and_Miracle

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Other uses (1) of identical word form μικρότερον (S-NNS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μικρότερον’ (S-NNS) has 2 different glosses: ‘smaller’, ‘smaller than’.

Mat 13:32 ‘which smaller on_one_hand it is of all’ SR GNT Mat 13:32 word 2

OET-LV: 32 which on _one _hand it _is smaller of _all the seeds, on _the _other _hand whenever it _may _be _grown is greater than the garden _plants and is _becoming a_tree, so _that the birds of _the sky to _come and to _be _nesting in the branches of _it. (MAT_13:32)

OET-RV: 32 Even though it’s a very small seed, it grows larger than most garden plants and becomes such a large bush that birds even come and nest in its branches.” (MAT 13:32)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘mikroteros’ have 4 different glosses: ‘the least’, ‘least’, ‘smaller’, ‘smaller than’.

Key: S=substantive adjective NNS=nominative,neuter,singular