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Koine Greek wordlink #26769

SR GNT Mark 6:27 σπεκουλάτορα (spekoulatora) ‘having sent_out the king an executioner commanded to bring the’ Strongs=46880 Lemma=spekoulatoros^*
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=28 AD TimeSeries=John_Beheaded Referred to from Word #26772 Referred to from Word #26783 Referred to from Word #26789 Referred to from Word #26796

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Only use of identical word form σπεκουλάτορα (N-AMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘σπεκουλάτορα’ (N-AMS) is always and only glossed as ‘an executioner’.

Mark 6:27 ‘having sent_out the king an executioner commanded to bring the’ SR GNT Mark 6:27 word 7

OET-LV: 27 And immediately the king having _sent _out an_executioner, commanded to _bring the head of _him. And having _gone _away, he _beheaded him in the prison, (MRK_6:27)

OET-RV: 27 So he ordered an executioner to go out and return with Yohan’s head. He went off and beheaded him in the prison (MRK 6:27)

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

Key: N=noun AMS=accusative,masculine,singular