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Koine Greek wordlink #110123

SR GNT Rom 11:3 θυσιαστήρια (thusiastaʸria) ‘of you they killed_off the altars of you they tore_down and_I’ Strongs=23790 Lemma=thusiastērion
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=neuter number=plural
Year=60 AD

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Only use of identical word form θυσιαστήρια (N-ANP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘θυσιαστήρια’ (N-ANP) is always and only glossed as ‘altars’.

Rom 11:3 ‘of you they killed_off the altars of you they tore_down and_I’ SR GNT Rom 11:3 word 8

OET-LV: 3 master, the prophets of _you they _killed _off, the altars of _you they _tore _down, and _I was _left alone, and they _are _seeking the life of _me. (ROM_11:3)

OET-RV: 3 ‘Yahweh, they killed your prophets and tore down your altars, and I was left alone and now they want to kill me!’ (ROM 11:3)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘thusiastērion’ have 3 different glosses: ‘an altar’, ‘altar’, ‘altars’.

Key: N=noun ANP=accusative,neuter,plural