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Koine Greek wordlink #102670

SR GNT Acts 23:35 φυλάσσεσθαι (fulassesthai) ‘the residence_of_the_governor of Haʸrōdaʸs to_be_being guarded for him’ Strongs=54420 Lemma=fulassō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=present voice=passive

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

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

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘fulassō’ have 24 different glosses: ‘are keeping’, ‘be guarding’, ‘be keeping’, ‘being guarded’, ‘may keep them’, ‘may_be guarding’, ‘may_be keeping’, ‘to guard’, ‘to keep’, ‘to_be guarding’, ‘to_be keeping’, ‘to_be_being guarded’, ‘will_be keeping’, ‘will_be keeping you_all’, ‘I guarded them’, ‘I kept’, ‘you may keep’, ‘guard’, ‘guarding’, ‘keep’, ‘keeping’, ‘keeping it’, ‘kept it’, ‘preserved’.

Greek words (4) other than φυλάσσεσθαι (V-NPP....) with a gloss related to ‘guarded’

YHN 17:12 ἐφύλαξα (efulaxa) V-IAA1..S ‘you have given to me and I guarded them and no_one of’ SR GNT Yhn 17:12 word 24

LUKE 8:29 φυλασσόμενος (fulassomenos) V-PPP.NMS ‘with chains and in shackles being guarded and tearing the’ SR GNT Luke 8:29 word 29

GAL 3:23 ἐφρουρούμεθα (efrouroumetha) V-IIP1..P Lemma=froureō ‘faith under the law we were_being guarded being imprisoned to the’ SR GNT Gal 3:23 word 9

1PET 1:5 φρουρουμένους (frouroumenous) V-PPP.AMP Lemma=froureō ‘by the power of god being guarded through faith for’ SR GNT 1Pet 1:5 word 5

Key: V=verb IAA1..S=indicative,aorist,active,1st person singular IIP1..P=indicative,imperfect,passive,1st person plural NPP....=infinitive,present,passive PPP.AMP=participle,present,passive,accusative,masculine,plural PPP.NMS=participle,present,passive,nominative,masculine,singular