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Koine Greek wordlink #138925

← στρατολογήσαντι ⌂ → 2 Tim 2 ║ ═

SR GNT 2 Tim 2:4 στρατολογήσαντι (stratologaʸsanti) ‘affairs in_order_that to the one having enlisted him he may bring_pleasure’ Strongs=47580 Lemma=stratologeō^*
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=aorist voice=active case=dative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=66 AD

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Only use of identical word form στρατολογήσαντι (V-PAA·DMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘στρατολογήσαντι’ (V-PAA·DMS) is always and only glossed as ‘having enlisted him’.

2 Tim 2:4 ‘affairs in_order_that to the one having enlisted him he may bring_pleasure’ SR GNT 2 Tim 2:4 word 10

OET-LV: 4 No _one soldiering is _being _entangled with _the affairs of_ the _living, in _order _that he _may _bring _pleasure to _the one having _enlisted him. (TI2_2:4)

OET-RV: 4 Soldiers stay unentangled from the affairs of daily living so that they will be dedicated to pleasing their commanding officer. (TI2 2:4)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘stratologeō’ in the Greek originals.

Key: V=verb