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Koine Greek wordlink #159255

SR GNT Rev 8:11 Ἄψινθος (Apsinthos) ‘of the star is_being called Wormwood and became the’ Strongs=8940 Lemma=apsinthos^*
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=96 AD

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

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

Rev 8:11 ‘of the star is_being called Wormwood and became the’ SR GNT Rev 8:11 word 8

OET-LV: 11 and the name of _the star is _being _called which Wormwood. And became the third of _the waters into wormwood, and many of _the people died _off from the waters, because they _were _made _bitter. (REV_8:11)

OET-RV: 11 That star is named ‘Bitterness’ and a third of those waters turned bitter. Many people died from the waters, because they became poisonous. (REV 8:11)

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

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