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Koine Greek wordlink #161008

SR GNT Rev 12:4 οὐρά (oura) ‘and the tail of him is dragging the’ Strongs=37690 Lemma=oura
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=96 AD Referred to from Word #161021

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Only use of identical word form οὐρά (N-NFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘οὐρά’ (N-NFS) is always and only glossed as ‘tail’.

Rev 12:4 ‘and the tail of him is dragging the’ SR GNT Rev 12:4 word 3

OET-LV: 4 and the tail of _him is _dragging the third of _the stars of _the sky, and he _throw them to the earth. And the dragon has _stood before the woman which going to _bear, in _order _that whenever she _may _bear, the child of _her he _may _devour it. (REV_12:4)

OET-RV: 4 His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and hurled them down to earth, then he stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when the child was delivered, he could devour it. (REV 12:4)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘oura’ have 2 different glosses: ‘tail’, ‘tails’.

Key: N=noun NFS=nominative,feminine,singular