Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #135529

SR GNT 1 Th 4:15 φθάσωμεν (fthasōmen) ‘master by_no_means not may precede the ones having_been fallen_asleep’ Strongs=53480 Lemma=fthanō
Word role=verb mood=subjunctive tense=aorist voice=active person=1st number=plural
Year=54 AD Referred to from Word #135508

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Only use of identical word form φθάσωμεν (V-SAA1··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘φθάσωμεν’ (V-SAA1··P) is always and only glossed as ‘may precede’.

1 Th 4:15 ‘master by_no_means not may precede the ones having_been fallen_asleep’ SR GNT 1 Th 4:15 word 22

OET-LV: 15 For/Because this to _you _all we _are _saying in the_message of_the_master, that we the ones living, which being _remaining to the coming of _the master, by _no _means not may _precede the ones having _been _fallen _asleep. (TH1_4:15)

OET-RV: 15 So this is what we’re saying in Yahweh’s message: those who are still living when the master returns, we certainly won’t precede those who’ve already died (TH1 4:15)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘fthanō’ have 5 different glosses: ‘may precede’, ‘we attained’, ‘we came’, ‘attained’, ‘came’.

Key: V=verb