Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #139480

SR GNT 2 Tim 3:15 σοφίσαι (sofisai) ‘you have known being_able you to make_wise to salvation through’ Strongs=46790 Lemma=sofizō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=active
Year=66 AD Refers to Word #139475

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Only use of identical word form σοφίσαι (V-NAA····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘σοφίσαι’ (V-NAA····) is always and only glossed as ‘to make_wise’.

2 Tim 3:15 ‘you have known being_able you to make_wise to salvation through’ SR GNT 2 Tim 3:15 word 12

OET-LV: 15 and that from a_baby you _have _known the the_sacred writings, which being _able to _make_ you _wise to salvation through faith which in chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous. (TI2_3:15)

OET-RV: 15 You’ve known the sacred scriptures since you were a young child, and the wisdom contained in them is able to lead you to salvation through faith in Yeshua the messiah. (TI2 3:15)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘sofizō’ have 2 different glosses: ‘having_been cleverly_devised’, ‘to make_wise’.

Key: V=verb