Discovery Box| (0.50) | (Gen 18:10) | 3 tn Heb “as/when the time lives” or “revives,” possibly referring to the springtime. |
| (0.44) | (Pro 6:27) | 1 tn The Qal imperfect (with the interrogative) here has a potential nuance—“Is it possible to do this?” The sentence is obviously a rhetorical question making an affirmation that it is not possible. |
| (0.44) | (Rev 3:3) | 3 tn The negation here is with οὐ μή (ou mē, the strongest possible form of negation in Koine Greek). |
| (0.44) | (Rev 3:5) | 4 tn The negation here is with οὐ μή (ou mē), the strongest possible form of negation in Koine Greek. |
| (0.44) | (2Th 1:8) | 2 sn An allusion to Jer 10:25, possibly also to Ps 79:6 and Isa 66:15. |
| (0.44) | (Eph 5:14) | 4 sn A composite quotation, possibly from Isa 26:19; 51:17; 52:1; and 60:1. |
| (0.44) | (Eph 3:9) | 1 tn There is a possible causative nuance in the Greek verb, but this is difficult to convey in the translation. |
| (0.44) | (Act 19:25) | 4 tn Another possible meaning is “that this business is an easy way for us to earn a living.” |
| (0.44) | (Act 11:3) | 2 tn Or “and ate with.” It was table fellowship and the possibility of eating unclean food that disturbed them. |
| (0.44) | (Luk 18:27) | 1 sn The term impossible is in the emphatic position in the Greek text. God makes the impossible possible. |
| (0.44) | (Luk 10:4) | 3 tn Or possibly “a beggar’s bag” (L&N 6.145; BDAG 811 s.v. πήρα). |
| (0.44) | (Luk 9:13) | 4 tn This possibility is introduced through a conditional clause, but it is expressed with some skepticism (BDF §376). |
| (0.44) | (Eze 28:12) | 2 tn For a discussion of possible nuances of this phrase, see M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:580-81. |
| (0.44) | (Isa 23:12) | 1 tn Or “violated, raped,” the point being that Daughter Sidon has lost her virginity in the most brutal manner possible. |
| (0.44) | (1Ki 7:29) | 1 tn The precise meaning of these final words is uncertain. A possible literal translation would be, “wreaths, the work of descent.” |
| (0.44) | (Exo 32:30) | 3 tn The form אֲכַפְּרָה (ʾakhapperah) is a Piel cohortative, expressing intention, though context suggests only a possibility of success. |
| (0.44) | (Gen 14:17) | 3 sn The King’s Valley is possibly a reference to what came to be known later as the Kidron Valley. |
| (0.44) | (Gen 10:2) | 8 sn Tiras was the ancestor of the Thracians, some of whom possibly became the Pelasgian pirates of the Aegean. |
| (0.37) | (Rev 19:10) | 8 tn The genitive ᾿Ιησοῦ (Iēsou) has been translated as an objective genitive here. A subjective genitive, also possible, would produce the meaning “who hold to what Jesus testifies.” |
| (0.37) | (Rev 4:6) | 1 tn This could refer to rock crystal, but it is possible this refers to ice (an older meaning). See BDAG 571 s.v. κρύσταλλος. |
