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Koine Greek wordlink #96696

SR GNT Acts 18:5 συνείχετο (suneiⱪeto) ‘Silas and Timotheos was_being occupied with the message Paulos’ Strongs=49120 Lemma=suneχō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=passive person=3rd number=singular
Year=54 AD Event=Mission_to_Corinth,_1&2_Thess_Written TimeSeries="Mission_to_Corinth,_1&2_Thess_Written",Second_Missionary_Journey

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Only use of identical word form συνείχετο (V-IIP3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘συνείχετο’ (V-IIP3··S) is always and only glossed as ‘was_being occupied’.

Acts 18:5 ‘Silas and Timotheos was_being occupied with the message Paulos’ SR GNT Acts 18:5 word 15

OET-LV: 5 But when the both Silas and the Timotheos, came _down from the Makedonia, the Paulos was _being _occupied with _the message, testifying to _the Youdaiōns, Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) to _be the chosen _one /messiah. (ACT_18:5)

OET-RV: 5 However when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was able to devote his full time to the message—demonstrating to the Jews that Yeshua is the promised messiah. (ACT 18:5)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘suneχō’ have 9 different glosses: ‘are pressing’, ‘being gripped_with’, ‘is holding’, ‘was_being occupied’, ‘I am_being pressed’, ‘they were_being gripped_with’, ‘they will_be pressing’, ‘they held’, ‘holding’.

Key: V=verb