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Koine Greek wordlink #115192

SR GNT 1Cor 4:2 ζητεῖται (zaʸteitai) ‘here furthermore it is_being required among the managers’ Strongs=22120 Lemma=zēteō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=passive person=3rd number=singular
Refers to Word #115197

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Only use of identical word form ζητεῖται (V-IPP3..S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ζητεῖται’ (V-IPP3..S) is always and only glossed as ‘it is_being required’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘zēteō’ have 29 different glosses: ‘am seeking’, ‘are seeking’, ‘be seeking’, ‘is seeking’, ‘let_be seeking’, ‘may seek’, ‘to seek’, ‘to_be seeking’, ‘was seeking’, ‘was_being sought’, ‘were seeking’, ‘will_be seeking’, ‘will_be_being sought’, ‘I am seeking’, ‘he was seeking’, ‘he sought’, ‘him let seek’, ‘it is seeking’, ‘it is_being required’, ‘they are seeking’, ‘they were seeking’, ‘we sought’, ‘you are seeking’, ‘you_all are seeking’, ‘you_all were seeking’, ‘you_all will_be seeking’, ‘seek’, ‘seeking’, ‘sought’.

Key: V=verb IPP3..S=indicative,present,passive,3rd person singular