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Koine Greek wordlink #160888

SR GNT Rev 11:18 διαφθεῖραι (diaftheirai) ‘the great and to ruin the ones ruining the’ Strongs=13110 Lemma=diaftheirō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=active
Year=96 AD

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Only use of identical word form διαφθεῖραι (V-NAA····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘διαφθεῖραι’ (V-NAA····) is always and only glossed as ‘to ruin’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘diaftheirō’ have 6 different glosses: ‘having_been ruined’, ‘is ruining’, ‘is_being ruined’, ‘to ruin’, ‘were ruined’, ‘ruining’.

Greek words (1) other than διαφθεῖραι (V-NAA····) with a gloss related to ‘ruin’

2 TIM 2:14 καταστροφῇ (katastrofaʸ) N-DFS Lemma=katastrofē ‘nothing useful to the ruin of the ones hearing’ SR GNT 2 Tim 2:14 word 16

OET-LV: 14 Be _reminding them these things, testifying before the god, to_ not _be _quibbling _about _messages against nothing useful, to the_ruin of _the ones hearing. (TI2_2:14)

OET-RV: 14 Keep reminding them of all that. Tell them in front of God not to quibble about the intricacies of words, as it’s not helpful and can lead the listeners to ruin. (TI2 2:14)

Key: N=noun V=verb DFS=dative,feminine,singular