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Koine Greek wordlink #99217

SR GNT Acts 20:36 θείς (theis) ‘and these things having said having knelt the knees of him’ Strongs=50870 Lemma=tithēmi
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=aorist voice=active case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=60 AD Event=Paul_speaks_to_Ephesian_Elders TimeSeries=Paul_speaks_to_Ephesian_Elders

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Other uses (3) of identical word form θείς (V-PAA·NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘θείς’ (V-PAA·NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘having knelt’.

Luke 22:41 ‘a stone throw and having knelt the knees he was praying’ SR GNT Luke 22:41 word 12

OET-LV: 41 And he was _withdrawn from them about a_stone throw, and having _knelt the knees, he _was _praying (LUK_22:41)

OET-RV: 41 Then he went on several metres, and kneeling on the ground, he prayed, (LUK 22:41)

Acts 7:60 ‘having knelt and on his knees’ SR GNT Acts 7:60 word 1

OET-LV: 60 And having _knelt on _his knees, he _cried _out with_a_ loud _voice: master, you _may_ not _set this the sin to _them. And having _said this, he _was _fallen _asleep. (ACT_7:60)

OET-RV: 60 Then falling to his knees, just before he died he called out loudly, “Master, don’t hold this sin against them.” (ACT 7:60)

Acts 9:40 ‘all Petros and having knelt his knees he prayed’ SR GNT Acts 9:40 word 15

OET-LV: 40 But the Petros having _throw _out all outside, and having _knelt his knees he _prayed, and having _turned _back to the body said: Tabaʸtha, rise _up. And she opened _up the eyes of _her, and having _seen the Petros, she _sat _up. (ACT_9:40)

OET-RV: 40 But Peter had them all removed from the room, and then kneeling down he prayed before turning back to the body and said, “Tabitha, get up.” Then she opened her eyes, and seeing Peter there she sat up. (ACT 9:40)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘tithēmi’ have 63 different glosses: ‘am laying’, ‘are putting’, ‘having appointed me’, ‘having knelt’, ‘having laid’, ‘having presented’, ‘having put’, ‘having_been laid’, ‘is laying’, ‘is laying aside’, ‘is presenting’, ‘is putting it’, ‘let_be putting’, ‘may lay’, ‘may_be put’, ‘to lay’, ‘to put’, ‘to_be put’, ‘to_be putting’, ‘to_be putting them’, ‘was appointed’, ‘was laid’, ‘was putting’, ‘will_be appointing’, ‘I am laying’, ‘I have appointed’, ‘I have set’, ‘I may put’, ‘I may set’, ‘I will_be laying down’, ‘I will_be presenting’, ‘I will_be putting’, ‘I appointed’, ‘I laid’, ‘he has_been laid’, ‘he may put’, ‘he will_be appointing’, ‘he appointed’, ‘he laid it’, ‘he put’, ‘it may_be put’, ‘they were appointed’, ‘they were put’, ‘they laid’, ‘they put’, ‘they put him’, ‘they put them’, ‘we may present’, ‘you will_be laying’, ‘you laid’, ‘you purposed’, ‘you_all have laid’, ‘you_all put’, ‘appointed’, ‘kneeling’, ‘laid’, ‘laid it’, ‘laying’, ‘presented’, ‘purpose’, ‘purposed’, ‘put’, ‘set’.

Greek words (2) other than θείς (V-PAA·NMS) with a gloss related to ‘knelt’

MARK 10:17 γονυπετήσας (gonupetaʸsas) V-PAA·NMS Lemma=gonupeteō ‘having run_up one and having knelt to him was asking him’ SR GNT Mark 10:17 word 12

OET-LV: 17 And of _him going _out on the_journey, one having _run _up and having _knelt to _him was _asking him: Good Teacher, what may _I _do in _order _that I _may _inherit eternal life? (MRK_10:17)

OET-RV: 17 One time when Yeshua was starting out on a trip, a man caught up to him and kneeling down in front of him asked, “Good teacher, what do I have to do to inherit eternal life?” (MRK 10:17)

ACTs 21:5 θέντες (thentes) V-PAA·NMP ‘the city and having knelt the knees on’ SR GNT Acts 21:5 word 23

OET-LV: 5 And when it _became to _us to _finish _out the days, having _come _out we _were _journeying, wives and children accompanying with us all, as _far _as outside the city, and having _knelt the knees on the shore having _prayed, (ACT_21:5)

OET-RV: 5 Once our time was up there and everyone knew that we were leaving, even the wives and children accompanied us out of the city to the port. We all knelt on the beach and prayed (ACT 21:5)

Key: V=verb