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Koine Greek wordlink #138125

SR GNT 1 Tim 5:23 χρῶ (ⱪrō) ‘but with wine a little be giving_treatment because_of your stomach’ Strongs=55300 Lemma=χraō
Word role=verb mood=imperative tense=present voice=middle person=2nd number=singular
Year=65 AD Refers to Word #137118

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Only use of identical word form χρῶ (V-MPM2··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘χρῶ’ (V-MPM2··S) is always and only glossed as ‘be giving_treatment’.

1 Tim 5:23 ‘but with wine a little be giving_treatment because_of your stomach’ SR GNT 1 Tim 5:23 word 6

OET-LV: 23 No _longer be _drinking _water only, but be _giving _treatment with_ a_little _wine, because _of your stomach and the frequent sicknesses of _you. (TI1_5:23)

OET-RV: 23 Don’t carry on just drinking only water, because a little bit of wine might be good for your stomach and help with your frequent bouts of sickness. (TI1 5:23)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘χraō’ have 12 different glosses: ‘be giving_treatment’, ‘have resorted’, ‘having given_treatment’, ‘may_be resorting’, ‘I may give_treatment’, ‘I resorted’, ‘they were resorting’, ‘we are resorting’, ‘we resorted’, ‘lend’, ‘resort_to it’, ‘using’.

Key: V=verb