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Koine Greek wordlink #100524

SR GNT Acts 22:11 ἐνέβλεπον (eneblepon) ‘as but not I was focusing_in because_of the glory’ Strongs=16890 Lemma=emblepō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=active person=1st number=singular
Year=60 AD Event=Paul_gives_his_testimony TimeSeries=Paul_gives_his_testimony Refers to Word #100255 Person=Paul

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Only use of identical word form ἐνέβλεπον (V-IIA1··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐνέβλεπον’ (V-IIA1··S) is always and only glossed as ‘I was focusing_in’.

Acts 22:11 ‘as but not I was focusing_in because_of the glory’ SR GNT Acts 22:11 word 5

OET-LV: 11 But as I _was_ not _focusing _in because _of the glory of _that the light, being _led _by _hand by the ones being _with with _me, I _came to Damaskos. (ACT_22:11)

OET-RV: 11 But I couldn’t see anything because the brightness of the light had affected my eyes, so my companions had to lead me by hand into Damascus. (ACT 22:11)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘emblepō’ have 5 different glosses: ‘having focused_in’, ‘I was focusing_in’, ‘he was looking_at’, ‘consider’, ‘focused_in’.

Key: V=verb