Lexicon
ὑπέρακμος
huperakmos
G5230
G:A Greek

past one’s prime

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Huperakmos describes a woman in the marriage discussion of 1 Corinthians 7:36 as beyond her prime.

The attested use describes the virgin in a marriage decision as beyond her prime in 1 Corinthians 7:36.

Senses in use

  1. Beyond her prime in a marriage decision · dominant

    In 1 Corinthians 7:36, the nominative singular feminine form describes the virgin within the clause about whether she should marry; the APB renders the clause “if she is past her prime and it ought to be.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Corinthians 7:36, the APB presents the relevant clause as “if she is past her prime”; This identifies the verse-level presentation rather than a precise lexical equivalence.

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