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Koine Greek wordlink #158444

SR GNT Rev 4:7 λέοντι (leonti) ‘living_creature first was similar to a lion and the second’ Strongs=30230 Lemma=leōn
Word role=noun case=dative gender=masculine number=singular

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Only use of identical word form λέοντι (N-DMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘λέοντι’ (N-DMS) is always and only glossed as ‘to a lion’.

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 (5) other than λέοντι (N-DMS) with a gloss related to ‘lion’

2TIM 4:17 λέοντος (leontos) N-GMS ‘I was rescued out_of the mouth of the lion’ SR GNT 2Tim 4:17 word 25

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

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

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

REV 13:2 λέοντος (leontos) N-GMS ‘of it like the mouth of a lion and gave to it’ SR GNT Rev 13:2 word 22

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