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σωρεύω

MainId: 004891000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: σ

StrongCodes: G4987

AlternateLemmas: σωρεύομαι

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 004891001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'ἐπισωρεύω', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 004891001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 25.199

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Attitudes and Emotions

      LEXSubDomains: Shame, Disgrace, Humiliation

      LEXCollocations: σωρεύω ἄνθρακας πυρὸς ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-03-17 16:16:13

         DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: to heap coals of fire on the head, but the historical background of this idiom is not known, and hence to some extent the meaning is uncertain) to treat someone in such a positive manner as to cause that person to be ashamed or embarrassed

         Glosses: ['to cause to be ashamed', 'to make ashamed']

      LEXReferences: ROM 12:20

   2. LEXID: 004891001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 68.76

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Aspect

      LEXSubDomains: Do Intensely or Extensively

      LEXForms: σωρεύομαι

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-03-17 16:16:13

         DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of {L:σωρεύω} ‘to heap up’; see {D:25.199}) to be engaged intensively and extensively in some activity

         Glosses: ['to be given over to doing', 'to be fully engaged in']

         Comments: It is possible to interpret the usage of σωρεύομαι in {S:05500300600026} as referring to a state of being ‘burdened by sins’ or ‘burdened by the guilt of sin.’

      LEXReferences: 2TIM 3:6