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Koine Greek wordlink #151237

SR GNT 2 Pet 2:17 πηγαί (paʸgai) ‘these are springs waterless and mists’ Strongs=40770 Lemma=pēgē
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=feminine number=plural
Year=66 AD

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Only use of identical word form πηγαί (N-NFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘πηγαί’ (N-NFP) is always and only glossed as ‘springs’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘pēgē’ have 6 different glosses: ‘a spring’, ‘the springs’, ‘flow’, ‘spring’, ‘springs’, ‘well’.

Greek words (4) other than πηγαί (N-NFP) with a gloss related to ‘springs’

REV 7:17 πηγάς (paʸgas) N-AFP ‘them to of life springs of waters and will_be wiping_out’ SR GNT Rev 7:17 word 19

OET-LV: 17 because the lamb who is among the_middle of _the throne will _be _shepherding them, and will _be _guiding them to of _life springs of _waters, and will _be _wiping _out the god every tear from the eyes of _them. (REV_7:17)

OET-RV: 17 because the lamb that’s there at the throne will shepherd them. The lamb will guide them to the springs of living water, and God will ensure that every tear is wiped away from their eyes.” SHOULD THIS BE IN POETIC FORMAT? (REV 7:17)

REV 8:10 πηγάς (paʸgas) N-AFP ‘and on the springs of the waters’ SR GNT Rev 8:10 word 26

OET-LV: 10 And the third messenger trumpeted, and fell out _of the sky a_star great, being _burned like a_torch, and fell on the third of _the rivers, and on the springs of _the waters, (REV_8:10)

OET-RV: 10 Then the third messenger blew his trumpet and a huge star, burning like a torch, fell down from the sky and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. (REV 8:10)

REV 14:7 πηγάς (paʸgas) N-AFP ‘and the sea and the springs of waters’ SR GNT Rev 14:7 word 42

OET-LV: 7 saying with a_voice loud: Be _revering the god, and give to _him glory, because came the hour of _the judgement of _him, and prostrate before _the one having _made the heaven, and the earth, and the_sea, and the_springs of _waters. (REV_14:7)

OET-RV: 7 saying in a loud voice, “Honour God and praise him, because his judgement time has come. Worship the one who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and the springs of water.” (REV 14:7)

REV 16:4 πηγάς (paʸgas) N-AFP ‘rivers and the springs of the waters and’ SR GNT Rev 16:4 word 18

OET-LV: 4 And the third poured _out the bowl of _him into the rivers and the springs of _the waters, and it _became blood. (REV_16:4)

OET-RV: 4 The third messenger poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and it became blood. (REV 16:4)

Key: N=noun AFP=accusative,feminine,plural NFP=nominative,feminine,plural