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Koine Greek wordlink #151019

SR GNT 2 Pet 2:5 ἐφύλαξεν (efulaxen) ‘Nōe/(Noaḩ) of righteousness a proclaimer preserved the flood upon the world of the ungodly’ Strongs=54420 Lemma=fulassō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=active person=3rd number=singular
Year=66 AD

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Only use of identical word form ἐφύλαξεν (V-IAA3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐφύλαξεν’ (V-IAA3··S) is always and only glossed as ‘preserved’.

2 Pet 2:5 ‘Nōe/(Noaḩ) of righteousness a proclaimer preserved the flood upon the world of the ungodly’ SR GNT 2 Pet 2:5 word 11

OET-LV: 5 and he_ not _spared from_the_ancient world, but preserved the_eighth, Nōe/(Noaḩ), a_proclaimer of _righteousness, having _brought_ the_flood _upon upon_the_world of_the_ungodly, (PE2_2:5)

OET-RV: 5 and if he didn’t spare the ancient world but only preserved the eight including Noah the proclaimer of righteousness when the flood came upon the ungodly world, (PE2 2:5)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘fulassō’ have 24 different glosses: ‘are keeping’, ‘be guarding’, ‘be keeping’, ‘being guarded’, ‘may keep them’, ‘may_be guarding’, ‘may_be keeping’, ‘to guard’, ‘to keep’, ‘to_be guarding’, ‘to_be keeping’, ‘to_be_being guarded’, ‘will_be keeping’, ‘will_be keeping you_all’, ‘I guarded them’, ‘I kept’, ‘you may keep’, ‘guard’, ‘guarding’, ‘keep’, ‘keeping’, ‘keeping it’, ‘kept it’, ‘preserved’.

Greek words (1) other than ἐφύλαξεν (V-IAA3··S) with a gloss related to ‘preserved’

MAT 9:17 συντηροῦνται (suntaʸrountai) V-IPP3··P Lemma=suntēreō ‘new and both are_being preserved’ SR GNT Mat 9:17 word 46

OET-LV: 17 Nor are _they _putting new wine into old wineskins, and if not surely, the wineskins are _being _burst, and the wine is _being _poured _out and the wineskins are _being _destroyed. But they _are _putting new wine into new wineskins, and both are _being _preserved. (MAT_9:17)

OET-RV: 17 And they don’t put new wine into an old container, otherwise the container could split and be ruined, and the wine would be lost. Instead, they put new wine into a new container, and both survive.” (MAT 9:17)

Key: V=verb