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Fromὑπὸthe JewsἸουδαίωνfive timesπεντάκιςI receivedἔλαβονforty lashesτεσσεράκονταlessπαρὰone.μίαν
2 Corinthians 11:24
Study it in the app“From the Jews five times I received forty lashes less one.”
With the Greek beneath
2 Corinthians 11:24, word by word
- the JewsἸουδαίωνIoudaiōn
Jew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaiōn” appears- five timesπεντάκιςpentakis
five times
Five times.
Where else “pentakis” appears- I receivedἔλαβονelabon
receive
To be given something, like the Spirit.
Where else “elabon” appears- forty lashesτεσσεράκονταtesserakonta
forty
Forty.
Where else “tesserakonta” appears- oneμίανmian
one
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “mian” appears
Translation note
Deuteronomy 25:3 sets the limit at forty lashes; it can be understood that thirty-nine were given so as not to exceed it.
The context
23Are they servants of the Messiah? —I am speaking as one out of his mind— I am more so: in labors far more, in imprisonments far more, in beatings beyond measure, in deaths often.
24 · This verse (above)
25Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have spent in the deep;