Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #106345

SR GNT Rom 3:12 ἠχρεώθησαν (aʸⱪreōthaʸsan) ‘all turned_away together they were being_useless not one there is practicing’ Strongs=8890 Lemma=aχreoō^*
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=passive person=3rd number=plural
Year=60 AD Referred to from Word #106324

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Only use of identical word form ἠχρεώθησαν (V-IAP3··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἠχρεώθησαν’ (V-IAP3··P) is always and only glossed as ‘they were being_useless’.

Rom 3:12 ‘all turned_away together they were being_useless not one there is practicing’ SR GNT Rom 3:12 word 4

OET-LV: 12 All turned _away, together they _were _being _useless, not one there _is practicing kindness, not there _is as _much _as one. (ROM_3:12)

OET-RV: 12 Everyone has turned away,
⇔ it was a waste of time.
⇔ No one is being kind,
⇔ Not even one person.’ (ROM 3:12)

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

Key: V=verb