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Koine Greek wordlink #151703

SR GNT 2 Pet 3:16 δυσνόητα (dusnoaʸta) ‘among which is hard_to_understand things some which the’ Strongs=14250 Lemma=dusnoētos^*
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=neuter number=plural
Year=66 AD

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Only use of identical word form δυσνόητα (S-NNP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘δυσνόητα’ (S-NNP) is always and only glossed as ‘hard_to_understand things’.

2 Pet 3:16 ‘among which is hard_to_understand things some which the’ SR GNT 2 Pet 3:16 word 18

OET-LV: 16 as also in all letters, speaking in them concerning these things, among which is hard _to _understand things some, which the ignorant and unstable are _twisting as also the other scriptures, to their own destruction of _them. (PE2_3:16)

OET-RV: 16 He speaks in all his letters concerning these things, some of which are hard to understand and which ignorant and unstable people twist just like they twist the other scriptures to their own destruction. (PE2 3:16)

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

Key: S=substantive adjective NNP=nominative,neuter,plural