Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #135341

SR GNT 1 Th 4:6 πλεονεκτεῖν (pleonektein) ‘not to_be going_beyond and to_be exploiting in the matter’ Strongs=41220 Lemma=pleonekteō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=present voice=active
Year=54 AD Refers to Word #135312

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Only use of identical word form πλεονεκτεῖν (V-NPA····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘πλεονεκτεῖν’ (V-NPA····) is always and only glossed as ‘to_be exploiting’.

1 Th 4:6 ‘not to_be going_beyond and to_be exploiting in the matter’ SR GNT 1 Th 4:6 word 5

OET-LV: 6 which not to _be _going _beyond and to _be _exploiting in the matter the brother of _him, because avenging is the_master concerning all these things, as also we _previously _said to _you _all and we _testified. (TH1_4:6)

OET-RV: 6 nor going beyond lusts and exploiting your fellow believers, because Yahweh is the one who avenges all those things as we’ve told you before and testified to you all. (TH1 4:6)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘pleonekteō’ have 5 different glosses: ‘to_be exploiting’, ‘I exploited’, ‘we may_be exploited’, ‘we exploited’, ‘exploited’.

Key: V=verb