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Koine Greek wordlink #150669

SR GNT 2 Pet 1:10 σπουδάσατε (spoudasate) ‘therefore rather brothers be_earnest confirmed of you_all the’ Strongs=47040 Lemma=spoudazō
Word role=verb mood=imperative tense=aorist voice=active person=2nd number=plural
Year=66 AD Refers to Word #150668

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Other uses (1) of identical word form σπουδάσατε (V-MAA2··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘σπουδάσατε’ (V-MAA2··P) is always and only glossed as ‘be_earnest’.

2 Pet 3:14 ‘beloved these things expecting be_earnest spotless and blameless’ SR GNT 2 Pet 3:14 word 5

OET-LV: 14 Therefore, beloved, expecting these things, be _earnest spotless and blameless to _be _found by _him in peace. (PE2_3:14)

OET-RV: 14 And so dear friends, while you await these events be eager and found to be at peace with him—spotless and blameless. (PE2 3:14)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘spoudazō’ have 6 different glosses: ‘I will_be being_earnest’, ‘I was_earnest’, ‘we may be_earnest’, ‘we were_earnest’, ‘be_earnest’, ‘being_earnest’.

Greek words (5) other than σπουδάσατε (V-MAA2··P) with a gloss related to ‘be_earnest’

2 TIM 2:15 Σπούδασον (Spoudason) V-MAA2··S ‘be_earnest yourself approved to present’ SR GNT 2 Tim 2:15 word 1

OET-LV: 15 Be _earnest to _present yourself approved to_ the _god, a_worker unashamed, cutting _straight the message of_ the _truth. (TI2_2:15)

OET-RV: 15 Work hard so that God will see you as someone he approves of—not ashamed of the good message but straight-talking the truth. (TI2 2:15)

2 TIM 4:9 Σπούδασον (Spoudason) V-MAA2··S ‘be_earnest to come to me’ SR GNT 2 Tim 4:9 word 1

OET-LV: 9 Be _earnest to _come to me quickly, (TI2_4:9)

OET-RV: 9 Try to come to me as soon as possible, (TI2 4:9)

2 TIM 4:21 Σπούδασον (Spoudason) V-MAA2··S ‘be_earnest before winter to come’ SR GNT 2 Tim 4:21 word 1

OET-LV: 21 Be _earnest to _come before winter. Euboulos is _greeting you, and Poudaʸs, and Linos, and Klaudia, and all the brothers. (TI2_4:21)

OET-RV: 21 Make sure you come before the winter. Eubulus greets you, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the believers. (TI2 4:21)

TIT 3:12 σπούδασον (spoudason) V-MAA2··S ‘you or Tuⱪikos be_earnest to come to me’ SR GNT Tit 3:12 word 8

OET-LV: 12 Whenever I _may _send Artemis or Tuⱪikos to you, be _earnest to _come to me into Nikopolis, because/for I _have _judged to _winter there. (TIT_3:12)

OET-RV: 12 Whenever I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, you should try to meet me at Nicopolis, because I’ve decided to spend the winter there. (TIT 3:12)

HEB 4:11 σπουδάσωμεν (spoudasōmen) V-SAA1··P ‘we may be_earnest therefore to come_in into’ SR GNT Heb 4:11 word 1

OET-LV: 11 Therefore we _may _be _earnest to _come _in into that the rest, in _order _that lest by the same someone example may _fall of_ the _disbelief. (HEB_4:11)

OET-RV: 11 Therefore we should be earnest about entering that rest, in case someone else falls by following our example of disbelief, (HEB 4:11)

Key: V=verb