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Koine Greek wordlink #138979

SR GNT 2 Tim 2:9 κακοῦργος (kakourgos) ‘unto bonds as a criminal but the message’ Strongs=25570 Lemma=kakourgos
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=66 AD

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

The word form ‘κακοῦργος’ (S-NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘a criminal’.

2 Tim 2:9 ‘unto bonds as a criminal but the message’ SR GNT 2 Tim 2:9 word 7

OET-LV: 9 in which I _am _suffering _hardship unto bonds as a_criminal. But the message of_ the _god has_ not _˓been˒_bound. (TI2_2:9)

OET-RV: 9 and why I’m here in chains suffering hardship as a criminal. But God’s message hasn’t been chained. (TI2 2:9)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kakourgos’ have 2 different glosses: ‘a criminal’, ‘criminals’.

Key: S=substantive adjective NMS=nominative,masculine,singular