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Trivia: What is the longest word in the New Testament?

Posted: January 7th, 2014, 12:19 am
by Stephen Hughes
What is the longest word in the New Testament?

There are two possible answers to this question
  • What is the longest word in the NT lexicon?
  • What is the longest word that occurs in its conjugated form in a NT passage?
[It is okay if you think the negative is included in a verbal form]

Re: Trivia: What is the longest word in the New Testament?

Posted: January 7th, 2014, 1:56 am
by Mark Cain
Longest Inflected Word in the NT:

προκεχειροτονημένοις - 20 characters

Acts 10:41
οὐ παντὶ τῷ λαῷ ἀλλὰ μάρτυσι τοῖς προκεχειροτονημένοις ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ, ἡμῖν, οἵτινες συνεφάγομεν καὶ συνεπίομεν αὐτῷ μετὰ τὸ ἀναστῆναι αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν·

Longest Lemma used in the NT:
τεσσαρεσκαιδέκατος - 18 characters

Acts 27:27
Ὡς δὲ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτη νὺξ ἐγένετο διαφερομένων ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ Ἀδρίᾳ, κατὰ μέσον τῆς νυκτὸς ὑπενόουν οἱ ναῦται προσάγειν τινὰ αὐτοῖς χώραν.