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ἀροτριάω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἀροτριάω
Greek transliteration: 
arotriaō
Simplified transliteration: 
arotriao
Principal Parts: 
-, -, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
722
GK Number: 
769
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1d(3)
Gloss: 
to plow, furrow
Definition: 
to plow, Lk. 17:7; 1 Cor. 9:10*

Greek-English Concordance for ἀροτριάω

Luke 17:7 Which one of you, having a servant plowing (arotriōnta | ἀροτριῶντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc) or tending sheep, who, when he comes in from the field, will say to him, ‘Come here at once and recline at dinner’?
1 Corinthians 9:10 Or does he not speak entirely for our sake. To be sure, it was written for our sake, because the one (arotriōn | ἀροτριῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) plowing (arotriōn | ἀροτριῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) should plow (arotrian | ἀροτριᾶν | pres act inf ) in hope and the one threshing thresh in hope of sharing in the crop.