Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #136630

SR GNT 2 Th 3:6 στέλλεσθαι (stellesthai) ‘of us Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen_one/messiah to_be avoiding you_all from every’ Strongs=47240 Lemma=stellō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=present voice=middle
Year=54 AD

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Only use of identical word form στέλλεσθαι (V-NPM····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘στέλλεσθαι’ (V-NPM····) is always and only glossed as ‘to_be avoiding’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘stellō’ have 2 different glosses: ‘to_be avoiding’, ‘avoiding’.

Greek words (3) other than στέλλεσθαι (V-NPM····) with a gloss related to ‘avoiding’

2 COR 8:20 στελλόμενοι (stellomenoi) V-PPM·NMP ‘avoiding this lest anyone’ SR GNT 2 Cor 8:20 word 1

OET-LV: 20 avoiding this, lest anyone us may _blemish, in the exuberance this which being _served by us, (CO2_8:20)

OET-RV: 20 We want to avoid the possibility of being criticised in our excitement in serving this way, (CO2 8:20)

2 TIM 2:16 περιΐστασο (periistaso) V-MPM2··S Lemma=periistēmi ‘and profane empty_babblings be avoiding on more for’ SR GNT 2 Tim 2:16 word 5

OET-LV: 16 And be _avoiding the profane empty _babblings, because/for they _will _be _progressing on more of _ungodliness, (TI2_2:16)

OET-RV: 16 Avoid chatter about unimportant or crude topics because it will eventually led to godlessness. (TI2 2:16)

TIT 3:9 περιΐστασο (periistaso) V-MPM2··S Lemma=periistēmi ‘and quarrels legal be avoiding they are for unprofitable’ SR GNT Tit 3:9 word 12

OET-LV: 9 But be _avoiding foolish debates, and genealogies, and strifes, and legal quarrels, they _are for unprofitable and useless. (TIT_3:9)

OET-RV: 9 But avoid foolish debates, arguments about ancestry, other strife, and quarrels about God’s commands because they all achieve nothing and waste time. (TIT 3:9)

Key: V=verb