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Koine Greek wordlink #123941

SR GNT 2Cor 7:8 μετεμελόμην (metemelomaʸn) ‘I am regretting it if even I was regretting it I am seeing that letter’ Strongs=33380 Lemma=metamelomai
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=middle person=1st number=singular
Refers to Word #121563 Person=Paul

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Only use of identical word form μετεμελόμην (V-IIM1..S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μετεμελόμην’ (V-IIM1..S) is always and only glossed as ‘I was regretting it’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘metamelomai’ have 5 different glosses: ‘having_been regretful’, ‘will_be_being regretful’, ‘I am regretting it’, ‘I was regretting it’, ‘you_all were regretful’.

Greek words (1) other than μετεμελόμην (V-IIM1..S) with a gloss related to ‘regretting’

2COR 7:8 μεταμέλομαι (metamelomai) V-IPM1..S ‘the letter not I am regretting it if even I was regretting it’ SR GNT 2Cor 7:8 word 10

Key: V=verb IIM1..S=indicative,imperfect,middle,1st person singular IPM1..S=indicative,present,middle,1st person singular