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Koine Greek wordlink #98539

SR GNT Acts 20:7 παρέτεινεν (pareteinen) ‘to_be departing on the day of_next was prolonging and the speech’ Strongs=39050 Lemma=parateinō^*
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=active person=3rd number=singular
Year=60 AD Event=Eutychus_revived TimeSeries=Eutychus_revived,Third_Missionary_Journey

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Only use of identical word form παρέτεινεν (V-IIA3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘παρέτεινεν’ (V-IIA3··S) is always and only glossed as ‘was prolonging’.

Acts 20:7 ‘to_be departing on the day of_next was prolonging and the speech’ SR GNT Acts 20:7 word 24

OET-LV: 7 And on the first day of _the week, us having _been _gathered _together to _break bread, the Paulos was _discussing with _them, going to _be _departing on _the day of _next, and was _prolonging the speech until midnight. (ACT_20:7)

OET-RV: 7 On the Sunday we had gathered together to break bread together and Paul was discussing many things with them. As he was scheduled to leave the next day, the meeting went on towards midnight (ACT 20:7)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘parateinō’ in the Greek originals.

Key: V=verb