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Koine Greek wordlink #97795

SR GNT Acts 19:17 ἐμεγαλύνετο (emegaluneto) ‘all them and was_being magnified the name of the’ Strongs=31700 Lemma=megalunō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=passive person=3rd number=singular
Year=58 AD Event=Mission_to_Ephesus/1_Cor_Written TimeSeries=Mission_to_Ephesus/1_Cor_Written,Third_Missionary_Journey

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

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

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘megalunō’ have 8 different glosses: ‘is magnifying’, ‘to_be magnified’, ‘was magnifying’, ‘was_being magnified’, ‘will_be_being magnified’, ‘they are magnifying’, ‘magnified’, ‘magnifying’.

Greek words (3) other than ἐμεγαλύνετο (V-IIP3··S) with a gloss related to ‘magnified’

LUKE 1:58 ἐμεγάλυνεν (emegalunen) V-IAA3··S ‘relatives of her that magnified the master the mercy’ SR GNT Luke 1:58 word 11

OET-LV: 58 And the neighbours and the relatives of _her heard that the_master magnified the mercy of _him with her, and they _were _rejoicing _with with _her. (LUK_1:58)

OET-RV: 58 and her neighbours and relatives heard that Yahweh had shown great mercy to her, and so they celebrated along with her. (LUK 1:58)

2 COR 10:15 μεγαλυνθῆναι (megalunthaʸnai) V-NAP···· ‘of you_all among you_all to_be magnified according_to the domain’ SR GNT 2 Cor 10:15 word 20

OET-LV: 15 not to the immeasurable boasting in anothers labours, but hope having, being _grown of _the faith of _you _all, among you _all to _be _magnified according _to the domain of _us to abundance, (CO2_10:15)

OET-RV: 15 We don’t boast of things we can’t measure like other peoples’ work, but we have hope that as your faith grows, you’ll see us as more important in more areas (CO2 10:15)

PHP 1:20 μεγαλυνθήσεται (megalunthaʸsetai) V-IFP3··S ‘always also now will_be_being magnified chosen_one/messiah in the’ SR GNT Php 1:20 word 19

OET-LV: 20 according _to the eager _expectation and hope of _me, that in nothing I _will _be _being _ashamed, but in all boldness, as always also now, will _be _being _magnified chosen _one /messiah in the body of _me, whether by life or by death. (PHP_1:20)

OET-RV: 20 as my eager expectation and hope is that I won’t be ashamed of anything, but that Messiah will be magnified by my life, always in boldness and even now whether I go on to live or to die, (PHP 1:20)

Key: V=verb