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Koine Greek wordlink #161504

SR GNT Rev 13:2 λέοντος (leontos) ‘of it like the mouth of a lion and gave to it’ Strongs=30230 Lemma=leōn
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=masculine number=singular
Year=96 AD

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Other uses (1) of identical word form λέοντος (N-GMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘λέοντος’ (N-GMS) has 2 different glosses: ‘of a lion’, ‘of the lion’.

2 Tim 4:17 ‘I was rescued out_of the mouth of the lion’ SR GNT 2 Tim 4:17 word 25

OET-LV: 17 But the master stood _by by _me, and strengthened me, in _order _that through me the proclamation may _be _fully _assured, and all the pagans may _hear, and I _was _rescued out _of the_mouth of_the_lion. (TI2_4:17)

OET-RV: 17 But the master stood by me and strengthened me to ensure that the good message was proclaimed and all the pagans heard it, and I was rescued out of the lion’s mouth so to speak. (TI2 4:17)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘leōn’ have 6 different glosses: ‘a lion’, ‘of a lion’, ‘of the lion’, ‘of lions’, ‘to a lion’, ‘lion’.

Greek words (4) other than λέοντος (N-GMS) with a gloss related to ‘lion’

1 PET 5:8 λέων (leōn) N-NMS ‘of you_all the devil as a lion roaring is walking seeking’ SR GNT 1 Pet 5:8 word 11

OET-LV: 8 Be _sober, watch. The opponent of _you _all, the_devil, is _walking as a_lion roaring, seeking to _swallow _up, (PE1_5:8)

OET-RV: 8 Stay alert and keep watch. Your opponent, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, wanting to swallow you all up (PE1 5:8)

REV 4:7 λέοντι (leonti) N-DMS ‘living_creature first was similar to a lion and the second’ SR GNT Rev 4:7 word 7

OET-LV: 7 And the living _creature the first was similar to_a_lion, and the second living _creature similar to_a_calf, and the third living _creature having the face as of_a_human, and the fourth living _creature similar to_an_eagle flying. (REV_4:7)

OET-RV: 7 This first living creature resembled a lion, the second resembled a bull, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth one resembled a flying eagle. (REV 4:7)

REV 5:5 λέων (leōn) N-NMS ‘see overcame the lion of the tribe’ SR GNT Rev 5:5 word 13

OET-LV: 5 And one of the elders is _saying to _me: Not be _weeping. Behold, overcame the lion which of the tribe of _Youda/(Yəhūdāh), the root of _Dawid/(Dāvid), to _open _up the scroll, and the seven seals of _it. (REV_5:5)

OET-RV: 5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Stop crying. Look, here’s the lion from the tribe of Yudah. He’s the descendant of King David who’s a conqueror who’s competent to break the seals and open the scroll.” (REV 5:5)

REV 10:3 λέων (leōn) N-NMS ‘with a voice loud as a lion is roaring and when’ SR GNT Rev 10:3 word 6

OET-LV: 3 and he _cried _out with_a_voice loud as a_lion is _roaring. And when he _cried _out, spoke the seven thunders the of _themselves voices. (REV_10:3)

OET-RV: 3 and shouted in a loud voice like a lion roaring, and when he shouted, the seven thunders spoke out in their own voices. (REV 10:3)

Key: N=noun DMS=dative,masculine,singular GMS=genitive,masculine,singular NMS=nominative,masculine,singular