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Koine Greek wordlink #101022

SR GNT Acts 21:35 βαστάζεσθαι (bastazesthai) ‘the stairs it happened to_be_being borne him by the’ Strongs=9410 Lemma=bastazō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=present voice=passive

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Only use of identical word form βαστάζεσθαι (V-NPP....) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘βαστάζεσθαι’ (V-NPP....) is always and only glossed as ‘to_be_being borne’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘bastazō’ have 16 different glosses: ‘am bearing’, ‘are bearing’, ‘be bearing’, ‘having borne’, ‘is bearing’, ‘to bear’, ‘to_be bearing’, ‘to_be bearing them’, ‘to_be_being borne’, ‘was bearing’, ‘was_being borne’, ‘will_be bearing’, ‘you bore’, ‘bearing’, ‘bearing it’, ‘bore’.

Greek words (3) other than βαστάζεσθαι (V-NPP....) with a gloss related to ‘borne’

MAT 20:12 βαστάσασιν (bastasasin) V-PAA.DMP ‘them you made to the ones having borne the burden of the’ SR GNT Mat 20:12 word 17

LUKE 11:27 βαστάσασά (bastasasa) V-PAA.NFS ‘blessed is the womb having borne you and the breasts’ SR GNT Luke 11:27 word 24

ACTs 3:2 ἐβαστάζετο (ebastazeto) V-IIP3..S ‘of the mother of him being was_being borne whom they were putting in_every’ SR GNT Acts 3:2 word 11

Key: V=verb IIP3..S=indicative,imperfect,passive,3rd person singular NPP....=infinitive,present,passive PAA.DMP=participle,aorist,active,dative,masculine,plural PAA.NFS=participle,aorist,active,nominative,feminine,singular