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Koine Greek wordlink #106148

SR GNT Rom 2:29 γράμματι (grammati) ‘by the spirit not by the letter of whom the praise’ Strongs=11210 Lemma=gramma
Word role=noun case=dative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Only use of identical word form γράμματι (N-DNS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘γράμματι’ (N-DNS) is always and only glossed as ‘by the letter’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘gramma’ have 9 different glosses: ‘the letter’, ‘by the letter’, ‘of the letter’, ‘of letter’, ‘bills’, ‘learning’, ‘letter’, ‘letters’, ‘writings’.

Greek words (20) other than γράμματι (N-DNS) with a gloss related to ‘letter’

Have 20 other words (ἐπιστολήν, ἐπιστολή, γράμματος, ἐπιστολῇ, ἐπιστολή, ἐπιστολῆς, γράμματος, ἐπιστολήν, ἐπιστολή, ἐπιστολῆς, γράμματος, ἐπιστολήν, ἐπιστολῆς, ἐπιστολήν, γράμμα, ἐπιστολῇ, ἐπιστολή, ἐπιστολῇ, ἐπιστολήν, ἐπιστολήν) with 2 lemmas altogether (epistolē, gramma)

ACTs 15:30 ἐπιστολήν (epistolaʸn) N-AFS Lemma=epistolē ‘multitude they handed_out the letter’ SR GNT Acts 15:30 word 18

OET-LV: 30 Therefore indeed they having _been _sent _away, came _down to Antioⱪeia, and having _gathered _together the multitude, they _handed _out the letter. (ACT_15:30)

OET-RV: 30 So they were sent off and when they arrived at Antioch, they gathered the believers and handed across the letter, (ACT 15:30)

ACTs 23:25 ἐπιστολήν (epistolaʸn) N-AFS Lemma=epistolē ‘having written a letter having pattern this’ SR GNT Acts 23:25 word 20

OET-LV: 25 having _written a_letter, having the this pattern: (ACT_23:25)

OET-RV: 25 Then the commander wrote a letter ready to take: (ACT 23:25)

ACTs 23:33 ἐπιστολήν (epistolaʸn) N-AFS Lemma=epistolē ‘and having delivered_up the letter to the governor they presented’ SR GNT Acts 23:33 word 9

OET-LV: 33 who having _come _in into the Kaisareia, and having _delivered _up the letter to _the governor, they_ also _presented the Paulos to _him. (ACT_23:33)

OET-RV: 33 to Caesarea, where they presented Paul to the governor along with the letter. (ACT 23:33)

ROM 2:27 γράμματος (grammatos) N-GNS ‘you who through the letter and circumcision are a transgressor’ SR GNT Rom 2:27 word 13

OET-LV: 27 And will _be _judging the by nature uncircumcision, the law finishing, you who through the_letter and circumcision are a_transgressor of _law. (ROM_2:27)

OET-RV: 27 Yes, those peoples who are not circumcised but keep the law, will be judging you who were given the law in writing and are circumcised, yet break those laws. (ROM 2:27)

ROM 7:6 γράμματος (grammatos) N-GNS ‘and not in oldness of letter’ SR GNT Rom 7:6 word 20

OET-LV: 6 But right _now we _were _released from the law, having _died _off in which we _were _being _kept, so _that to _be _serving us in newness of_spirit, and not in _oldness of _letter. (ROM_7:6)

OET-RV: 6 but now that we’re released from the law which held us—released by dying to it—we can serve in new ways guided by the spirit instead of by the letter of the law. (ROM 7:6)

ROM 16:22 ἐπιστολήν (epistolaʸn) N-AFS Lemma=epistolē ‘the one having written the letter in the master’ SR GNT Rom 16:22 word 9

OET-LV: 22 ˓Am˒_greeting you _all I, Tertios, the one having _written the letter, in the_master. (ROM_16:22)

OET-RV: 22 I, Tertios, the one writing down this letter, greet you all in the master. (ROM 16:22)

1 COR 5:9 ἐπιστολῇ (epistolaʸ) N-DFS Lemma=epistolē ‘to you_all in my letter not to_be associating_with with the sexually_immoral’ SR GNT 1 Cor 5:9 word 5

OET-LV: 9 I _wrote to _you _all in my letter, not to _be _associating _with with_the_sexually _immoral, (CO1_5:9)

OET-RV: 9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people, (CO1 5:9)

2 COR 3:2 ἐπιστολή (epistolaʸ) N-NFS Lemma=epistolē ‘the letter of us you_all are’ SR GNT 2 Cor 3:2 word 2

OET-LV: 2 The letter of _us you _all are, having _been _inscribed in the hearts of _us, being _known and being _read by all people, (CO2_3:2)

OET-RV: 2 It’s all of you who are our references, and having been written in our hearts, it’s known about and being read by all people. (CO2 3:2)

2 COR 3:3 ἐπιστολή (epistolaʸ) N-NFS Lemma=epistolē ‘being revealed that you_all are a letter of chosen_one/messiah having_been served by’ SR GNT 2 Cor 3:3 word 4

OET-LV: 3 being _revealed that you _all _are a_letter of_chosen _one /messiah, having _been _served by us, having _been _inscribed not in _ink, but with_the_spirit of_god the_living, not on tablets stone, but on tablets of _hearts fleshy. (CO2_3:3)

OET-RV: 3 It shows that you who were served by us, are now Messiah’s letter that wasn’t written with ink but with God’s living spirit—not written on stone tablets but on people’s hearts. (CO2 3:3)

2 COR 3:6 γράμματος (grammatos) N-GNS ‘of a new covenant not of the letter but of the spirit the’ SR GNT 2 Cor 3:6 word 10

OET-LV: 6 who also qualified us as _servants of_a_new covenant, not of_the_letter, but of_the_spirit, because/for the letter will _be _killing _off, but the spirit is _giving _life. (CO2_3:6)

OET-RV: 6 He qualified us as servants of a new agreement—not following it by the letter, but by the spirit, because following by the letter leads to death whereas following by the spirit gives life. (CO2 3:6)

2 COR 3:6 γράμμα (gramma) N-NNS ‘of the spirit the for letter will_be killing_off the but’ SR GNT 2 Cor 3:6 word 15

OET-LV: 6 who also qualified us as _servants of_a_new covenant, not of_the_letter, but of_the_spirit, because/for the letter will _be _killing _off, but the spirit is _giving _life. (CO2_3:6)

2 COR 7:8 ἐπιστολῇ (epistolaʸ) N-DFS Lemma=epistolē ‘you_all in the letter not I am regretting it if’ SR GNT 2 Cor 7:8 word 8

OET-LV: 8 Because if also I _sorrowed you _all in the letter, not I _am _regretting it. if even I _was _regretting it (I _am _seeing that the letter that, if even for an_hour sorrowed you _all) (CO2_7:8)

OET-RV: 8 Yes, because even if I made you sad with my letter, I don’t regret sending it. (Well, for a while I was sad for you that I had sent the letter.) (CO2 7:8)

2 COR 7:8 ἐπιστολή (epistolaʸ) N-NFS Lemma=epistolē ‘I was regretting it I am seeing that letter that if even’ SR GNT 2 Cor 7:8 word 20

OET-RV: 8 Yes, because even if I made you sad with my letter, I don’t regret sending it. (Well, for a while I was sad for you that I had sent the letter.) (CO2 7:8)

COL 4:16 ἐπιστολή (epistolaʸ) N-NFS Lemma=epistolē ‘among you_all my letter make that also’ SR GNT Col 4:16 word 7

OET-LV: 16 And whenever my letter may _be _read among you _all, make that also it _may _be _read in the assembly of_the_ones_from _Laodikeia, and that the letter from Laodikeia you _all may_ also _read. (COL_4:16)

OET-RV: 16 and whenever my letter gets read to you all, make sure that it’s also read to those from the assembly in Laodicea, and that you all also read their letter. (COL 4:16)

1 TH 5:27 ἐπιστολήν (epistolaʸn) N-AFS Lemma=epistolē ‘master to_be read my letter to all the brothers’ SR GNT 1 Th 5:27 word 8

OET-LV: 27 I _am _adjuring you _all by _the master, to _be _read my letter to _all the brothers. (TH1_5:27)

OET-RV: 27 I request you by the master to read my letter to all the believers there. (TH1 5:27)

2 TH 2:2 ἐπιστολῆς (epistolaʸs) N-GFS Lemma=epistolē ‘message nor by letter as_though by us’ SR GNT 2 Th 2:2 word 22

OET-LV: 2 in _order that not quickly to _be _shaken you _all in the mind, nor to _be _being _alarmed, neither by spirit, nor by message, nor by letter, as _though by us, as that has _presented the day of _the master. (TH2_2:2)

OET-RV: 2 to not be alarmed or have your thinking jolted back-and-forth by any ‘spirit’ or message or letter that seems to come from us that tries to say that the master has already returned. (TH2 2:2)

2 TH 2:15 ἐπιστολῆς (epistolaʸs) N-GFS Lemma=epistolē ‘message or by letter from us’ SR GNT 2 Th 2:15 word 16

OET-LV: 15 Therefore consequently, brothers, be _standing _firm and be _taking _hold _of the traditions that you _all _were _taught, whether by message, or by letter from _us. (TH2_2:15)

OET-RV: 15 So as a result, brothers and sisters, stand firm and keep hold of the practices that we taught you—whether it was spoken or written in our letters. (TH2 2:15)

2 TH 3:14 ἐπιστολῆς (epistolaʸs) N-GFS Lemma=epistolē ‘message of us through letter this man be taking_note not’ SR GNT 2 Th 3:14 word 12

OET-LV: 14 And if anyone not is _submitting to _the message of _us through the letter, this man be _taking _note, not to _be _associating _with with _him, in _order _that he _may _be _swayed. (TH2_3:14)

OET-RV: 14 And if there’s anyone there who won’t submit to the contents of this letter, then take note of that person and don’t associate with them, in order that they might be persuaded. (TH2 3:14)

2 TH 3:17 ἐπιστολῇ (epistolaʸ) N-DFS Lemma=epistolē ‘my sign in every letter thus I am writing’ SR GNT 2 Th 3:17 word 12

OET-LV: 17 The greeting the in _my own hand, of _Paulos, which is ^my_sign in every letter, thus I _am _writing. (TH2_3:17)

OET-RV: 17 This farewell is in my own handwriting—I’m Paul, and I do this with every letter I write. (TH2 3:17)

2 PET 3:1 ἐπιστολήν (epistolaʸn) N-AFS Lemma=epistolē ‘the second to you_all I am writing letter in which I am awaking’ SR GNT 2 Pet 3:1 word 7

OET-LV: 3 Beloved this is now, the_second letter I _am _writing to _you _all, in which I _am _awaking the sincere mind of _you _all in remembrance, (PE2_3:1)

OET-RV: 3 This is now my second letter to you my friends—both of which were sent as reminders to stir up your minds to sincerely (PE2 3:1)

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular DFS=dative,feminine,singular DNS=dative,neuter,singular GFS=genitive,feminine,singular GNS=genitive,neuter,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular NNS=nominative,neuter,singular