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γεώργιον
geōrgion
G1091
G:N-N Greek

farm field

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Georgion denotes the cultivated field used in 1 Corinthians 3:9 as an image for those addressed.

The attested use presents those addressed as God's cultivated field, set alongside God's building in 1 Corinthians 3:9.

Senses in use

  1. God's cultivated field · dominant

    In 1 Corinthians 3:9, the nominative singular neuter form occurs in the clause addressing “you” as belonging to God; the APB renders the clause “you are God's farm field, God's building.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Corinthians 3:9, the APB presents the clause as “you are God's farm field, God's building.” This rendering confirms the clause's field image without isolating every element of the Greek.

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