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2 Corinthians 3:7 - Face

2 Corinthians 3:7 - But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

Verse	Strongs No.	Greek	Strongs Definition
But	G1161	δέ	[Conjunction] but and etc.
if	G1487	εἰ	[Conjunction] if whether: that etc.
the	G3588	ὁ	the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom)
ministration	G1248	διακονία	[Noun Feminine] attendance (as a servant etc.); figuratively (eleemosynary) aid (official) service (especially of the Christian teacher or technically of the diaconate)
of death	G2288	θάνατος	[Noun Masculine] (properly an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively)
written	G1722	ἐν	[Preposition] in at (up-) on by etc.
and engraven	G1795	ἐντυπόω	[Verb] to enstamp that is engrave
in	G1722	ἐν	[Preposition] in at (up-) on by etc.
stones	G3037	λίθος	[Noun Masculine] a stone (literally or figuratively)
was	G1096	γίνομαι	[Verb] to cause to be (gen -erate) that is (reflexively) to become (come into being) used with great latitude (literally figuratively intensively etc.)
glorious	G1722	ἐν	[Preposition] in at (up-) on by etc.
so that	G5620	ὥστε	so too that is thus therefore (in various relations of consecution as shown)
the	G3588	ὁ	the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom)
children	G5207	υἱός	[Noun Masculine] a son (sometimes of animals) used very widely of immediate remote or figurative kinship
of Israel	G2474	Ἰσραήλ	[Adjective] Israel (that is Jisrael) the adopted name of Jacob including his descendants (literally or figuratively)
could	G1410	δύναμαι	[Verb] to be able or possible
not	G3361	μή	(adverbially) not (conjugationally) lest; also (as interrogitive implying a negative answer [whereas G3756 expects an affirmative one]); whether
stedfastly	G816	ἀτενίζω	[Verb] to gaze intently
behold	G1519	εἰς	[Preposition] to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) of place time or (figuratively) purpose (result etc.); also in adverbial phrases.
the	G3588	ὁ	the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom)
face	G4383	πρόσωπον	[Noun Neuter] from G3700); the front (as being towards view) that is the countenance aspect: appearance surface; by implication presence person
of Moses	G3475	Μωσεύς	[Noun Masculine] Moseus Moses or Mouses (that is Mosheh) the Hebrew lawgiver
for	G1223	διά	[Preposition] through (in very wide applications local causal or occasional). In composition it retains the same general import
the	G3588	ὁ	the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom)
glory	G1391	δόξα	[Noun Feminine] glory (as very apparent) in a wide application (literally or figuratively objectively or subjectively)
of his	G846	αὐτός	backward); the reflexive pronoun self used (alone or in the compound of G1438) of the third person and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
countenance	G4383	πρόσωπον	[Noun Neuter] from G3700); the front (as being towards view) that is the countenance aspect: appearance surface; by implication presence person
which glory	G1391	δόξα	[Noun Feminine] glory (as very apparent) in a wide application (literally or figuratively objectively or subjectively)
was	G1096	γίνομαι	[Verb] to cause to be (gen -erate) that is (reflexively) to become (come into being) used with great latitude (literally figuratively intensively etc.)
to be done away	G2673	καταργέω	[Verb] to be (render) entirely idle (useless) literally or figuratively

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.

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2 Corinthians 3:7 - Face

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