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Koine Greek wordlink #92365

SR GNT Acts 12:16 κρούων (krouōn) ‘but Petros was continuing_on knocking having opened_up it and they saw’ Strongs=29250 Lemma=krouō
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=present voice=active case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
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Only use of identical word form κρούων (V-PPA.NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘κρούων’ (V-PPA.NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘knocking’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘krouō’ have 5 different glosses: ‘be knocking’, ‘having knocked’, ‘to_be knocking’, ‘I am knocking’, ‘knocking’.

Greek words (6) other than κρούων (V-PPA.NMS) with a gloss related to ‘knocking’

MAT 7:7 κρούετε (krouete) V-MPA2..P ‘be seeking and you_all will_be finding be knocking and it will_be_being opened_up to you_all’ SR GNT Mat 7:7 word 8

MAT 7:8 κρούοντι (krouonti) V-PPA.DMS ‘is finding and to the one knocking it will_be_being opened_up’ SR GNT Mat 7:8 word 13

LUKE 11:9 κρούετε (krouete) V-MPA2..P ‘be seeking and you_all will_be finding be knocking and it will_be_being opened_up to you_all’ SR GNT Luke 11:9 word 11

LUKE 11:10 κρούοντι (krouonti) V-PPA.DMS ‘is finding and to the one knocking it will_be_being opened_up’ SR GNT Luke 11:10 word 12

LUKE 13:25 κρούειν (krouein) V-NPA.... ‘outside to_have stood and to_be knocking the door saying’ SR GNT Luke 13:25 word 19

REV 3:20 κρούω (krouō) V-IPA1..S ‘the door and I am knocking if anyone may hear’ SR GNT Rev 3:20 word 7

Key: V=verb IPA1..S=indicative,present,active,1st person singular MPA2..P=imperative,present,active,2nd person plural NPA....=infinitive,present,active PPA.DMS=participle,present,active,dative,masculine,singular PPA.NMS=participle,present,active,nominative,masculine,singular