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Koine Greek wordlink #137916

SR GNT 1 Tim 5:8 χειρῶν (ⱪeirōn) ‘and is an unbeliever worse than’ Strongs=55010 Lemma=χeirōn
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=65 AD

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Only use of identical word form χειρῶν (S-NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘χειρῶν’ (S-NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘worse than’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘χeirōn’ have 4 different glosses: ‘a worse’, ‘of worse’, ‘worse’, ‘worse than’.

Greek words (11) other than χειρῶν (S-NMS) with a gloss related to ‘worse’

Have 11 other words (χείρονα, χεῖρον, χείρονα, χειρῶν, χεῖρον, χεῖρον, χείρονα, χείρονος, χεῖρον, ἧσσον, χεῖρον) with 2 lemmas altogether (ēssōn, χeirōn)

YHN 5:14 χεῖρον (ⱪeiron) S-NNS ‘be sinning in_order_that not worse to you something may become’ SR GNT Yhn 5:14 word 24

OET-LV: 14 After these things the Yaʸsous is _finding him in the temple, and he _said to _him: Behold, you _have _become healthy, be_ no _longer _sinning, in _order _that something worse may_ not _become to _you. (JHN_5:14)

OET-RV: 14 Later on, Yeshua found the man in the temple and told him, “Look, you’re better now so don’t go on sinning, because you don’t want anything worse to happen to you.” (JHN 5:14)

MARK 2:21 χεῖρον (ⱪeiron) A-NNS ‘from the old and a worse tear is becoming’ SR GNT Mark 2:21 word 32

OET-LV: 21 No _one is _sewing _on a_patch of_ unshrunken _cloth on an_ old _garment, and if not the patch is _tearing _away from it, the new from _the old, and is _becoming a_worse tear. (MRK_2:21)

OET-RV: 21 “No one sews a patch of new, unshrunken cloth onto an old garment, because the new patch will tear away from that old fabric and it will end up as a worse tear. (MRK 2:21)

MARK 5:26 χεῖρον (ⱪeiron) A-ANS ‘rather to the worse having come’ SR GNT Mark 5:26 word 23

OET-LV: 26 and having _suffered much under many doctors, and having _spent all the things by herself and having _been _benefitted nothing, but rather having _come to the worse, (MRK_5:26)

OET-RV: 26 and who had endured much under various doctors despite spending everything she had. After all that, she’d ended up even worse, (MRK 5:26)

MAT 9:16 χεῖρον (ⱪeiron) A-NNS ‘the garment and a worse tear is becoming’ SR GNT Mat 9:16 word 20

OET-LV: 16 But no _one is _putting _on a_patch of_ unshrunken _cloth on an_ old _garment, because/for the patch of _it is _tearing _away from the garment, and a_worse tear is _becoming. (MAT_9:16)

OET-RV: 16 No one patches old clothes with new material because the patch will shrink and the clothes would end up with a worse hole. (MAT 9:16)

MAT 12:45 χείρονα (ⱪeirona) S-NNP ‘of the person that worse than the first thus’ SR GNT Mat 12:45 word 25

OET-LV: 45 Then it _is _going and is _taking with itself seven other spirits more _evil than itself, and having _come _in it _is _dwelling there, and the last state of _the that person is _becoming worse than the first. Thus it _will _be also to_ the this - evil _generation. (MAT_12:45)

OET-RV: 45 So it goes and find seven other spirits more evil than itself and they all go to live there, so the later state of that person is worse that it was at the beginning. So now, it’ll be just like that for this evil generation.” (MAT 12:45)

MAT 27:64 χειρῶν (ⱪeirōn) S-NFS ‘the last deception worse than the first’ SR GNT Mat 27:64 word 34

OET-LV: 64 Therefore command the tomb to _be _secured until the third day, lest the apprentices/followers having _come may _steal him and they _may _say to _the people: He _was _raised from the dead, and the last deception will _be worse than the first. (MAT_27:64)

OET-RV: 64 so you should command that the tomb be secured until the third day in case someone steals his body and then tells the people that he has come alive again—that would be a worse deception than his initial teachings.” (MAT 27:64)

LUKE 11:26 χείρονα (ⱪeirona) S-NNP ‘last of person that worse than the first’ SR GNT Luke 11:26 word 26

OET-LV: 26 Then it _is _going and is _taking seven other spirits more _evil than itself, and having _come _in, is _dwelling there, and the last of_ the that _person is _becoming, worse than the first. (LUK_11:26)

OET-RV: 26 so it goes and finds seven other spirits more evil than itself. They all move in and live there, so the result is that the person ends up worse in the end than they were at the beginning.” (LUK 11:26)

1 COR 11:17 ἧσσον (haʸsson) S-ANS Lemma=ēssōn ‘but for the worse you_all are coming_together’ SR GNT 1 Cor 11:17 word 16

OET-LV: 17 But this commanding, not I _am _praising you, because not for the better, but for the worse, you _all _are _coming _together. (CO1_11:17)

OET-RV: 17 But I’m not complimenting you all in giving the following instructions, because your gatherings have been doing more harm than good. (CO1 11:17)

2 TIM 3:13 χεῖρον (ⱪeiron) A-ANS ‘will_be progressing to the worse deceiving and being strayed’ SR GNT 2 Tim 3:13 word 9

OET-LV: 13 But evil people and swindlers will _be _progressing to the worse, deceiving and being _strayed. (TI2_3:13)

OET-RV: 13 Meanwhile evil people and scammers will get worse and worse—deceiving others and then being deceived themselves. (TI2 3:13)

HEB 10:29 χείρονος (ⱪeironos) S-GFS ‘by how_much you_all are supposing of worse he will_be_being considered_worthy punishment the one’ SR GNT Heb 10:29 word 4

OET-LV: 29 By _how _much you _all _are _supposing of _worse he _will _be _being _considered _worthy punishment, the one the son of_ the _god having _trampled, and the blood of _the covenant common having _considered, by which he _was _sanctified, and the spirit of_ the _grace having _insulted. (HEB_10:29)

OET-RV: 29 so how much more severe punishment do you all expect might be considered appropriate for someone who trampled God’s son underfoot and who has considered the blood of the agreement as cheap and who has insulted the spirit of grace? (HEB 10:29)

2 PET 2:20 χείρονα (ⱪeirona) S-NNP ‘to them the last worse than the first’ SR GNT 2 Pet 2:20 word 27

OET-LV: 20 For/Because if having _escaped _from the defilements of _the world, in the_knowledge of _the master and saviour Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen _one /messiah, and having_ again _˓been˒_entangled in _these things they _have _been _overcome, the last has _become to _them worse than the first. (PE2_2:20)

OET-RV: 20 Because if they have escaped the defilements of the world by their knowledge of our master and saviour Yeshua Messiah and yet get entangled again, they are defeated and have ended up worse off than at the beginning. (PE2 2:20)

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective ANS=accusative,neuter,singular GFS=genitive,feminine,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular NMS=nominative,masculine,singular NNP=nominative,neuter,plural NNS=nominative,neuter,singular