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Koine Greek wordlink #92767

SR GNT Acts 13:7 ἐπεζήτησεν (epezaʸtaʸsen) ‘Barnabas and Saulos/(Shāʼūl) sought_after to hear the message’ Strongs=19340 Lemma=epizēteō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=active person=3rd number=singular

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Only use of identical word form ἐπεζήτησεν (V-IAA3..S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐπεζήτησεν’ (V-IAA3..S) is always and only glossed as ‘sought_after’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘epizēteō’ have 9 different glosses: ‘are seeking_after’, ‘having sought_after’, ‘is seeking_after’, ‘were seeking_after’, ‘I am seeking_after’, ‘they are seeking_after’, ‘we are seeking_after’, ‘you_all are seeking_after’, ‘sought_after’.

Greek words (1) other than ἐπεζήτησεν (V-IAA3..S) with a gloss related to ‘sought_after’

ACTs 12:19 ἐπιζητήσας (epizaʸtaʸsas) V-PAA.NMS ‘Haʸrōdaʸs and having sought_after him and not’ SR GNT Acts 12:19 word 4

Key: V=verb IAA3..S=indicative,aorist,active,3rd person singular PAA.NMS=participle,aorist,active,nominative,masculine,singular