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Koine Greek wordlink #105756

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SR GNT Acts 28:19 ἐπικαλέσασθαι (epikalesasthai) ‘of the Youdaiōns I was compelled to appeal to Kaisar not as’ Strongs=19410 Lemma=epikaleō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=middle
Refers to Word #105681 Person=Paul

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Only use of identical word form ἐπικαλέσασθαι (V-NAM....) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐπικαλέσασθαι’ (V-NAM....) is always and only glossed as ‘to appeal’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘epikaleō’ have 19 different glosses: ‘am calling’, ‘being called’, ‘has_been called’, ‘having appealed’, ‘having_been called’, ‘is_being called’, ‘may call’, ‘to appeal’, ‘to_be_being called’, ‘was called’, ‘I am appealing’, ‘he had appealed’, ‘they may call’, ‘they called’, ‘who calling’, ‘you have appealed’, ‘you_all are calling_on’, ‘calling’, ‘calling_on’.

Greek words (2) other than ἐπικαλέσασθαι (V-NAM....) with a gloss related to ‘appeal’

MAT 26:53 παρακαλέσαι (parakalesai) V-NAA.... Lemma=parakaleō ‘not I am being_able now to appeal the father of me’ SR GNT Mat 26:53 word 10

2COR 8:17 παράκλησιν (paraklaʸsin) N-AFS Lemma=paraklēsis ‘because our indeed appeal he received more_earnest but’ SR GNT 2Cor 8:17 word 4

Key: N=noun V=verb AFS=accusative,feminine,singular NAA....=infinitive,aorist,active NAM....=infinitive,aorist,middle