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Koine Greek wordlink #151740

SR GNT 2 Pet 3:17 στηριγμοῦ (staʸrigmou) ‘you_all may fall_from from your own steadfastness’ Strongs=47400 Lemma=stērigmos^*
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=masculine number=singular
Year=66 AD

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Only use of identical word form στηριγμοῦ (N-GMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘στηριγμοῦ’ (N-GMS) is always and only glossed as ‘steadfastness’.

2 Pet 3:17 ‘you_all may fall_from from your own steadfastness’ SR GNT 2 Pet 3:17 word 18

OET-LV: 17 Therefore you _all, beloved, knowing _before be _guarding, in _order _that you _all _may_ not _fall _from from _your own steadfastness having _been _carried _away with _the deception of _the lawless. (PE2_3:17)

OET-RV: 17 So knowing this in advance dear friends, guard yourselves in case you fall from your own stable position with the same errors as the lawless ones. (PE2 3:17)

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

Key: N=noun GMS=genitive,masculine,singular