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Koine Greek wordlink #100429

SR GNT Acts 22:6 περιαστράψαι (periastrapsai) ‘from the sky to flash_around light much around’ Strongs=40150 Lemma=periastraptō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=active
Year=60 AD Event=Paul_gives_his_testimony TimeSeries=Paul_gives_his_testimony

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Only use of identical word form περιαστράψαι (V-NAA····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘περιαστράψαι’ (V-NAA····) is always and only glossed as ‘to flash_around’.

Acts 22:6 ‘from the sky to flash_around light much around’ SR GNT Acts 22:6 word 19

OET-LV: 6 But it _became to _me journeying, and nearing to_ the _Damaskos about midday, suddenly much light from the sky to _flash _around around me. (ACT_22:6)

OET-RV: 6 “But one time as I was travelling and getting close to Damascus by the middle of the day, suddenly a bright light from the sky began to flash around me (ACT 22:6)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘periastraptō’ have 2 different glosses: ‘to flash_around’, ‘flashed_around’.

Key: V=verb