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Koine Greek wordlink #101936

SR GNT Acts 24:10 νεύσαντος (neusantos) ‘answered and Paulos having nodded to him the governor’ Strongs=35060 Lemma=neuō
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=aorist voice=active case=genitive gender=masculine number=singular
Year=60 AD Event=Paul_sent_to_Felix TimeSeries=Paul_sent_to_Felix

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Only use of identical word form νεύσαντος (V-PAA·GMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘νεύσαντος’ (V-PAA·GMS) is always and only glossed as ‘having nodded’.

Acts 24:10 ‘answered and Paulos having nodded to him the governor’ SR GNT Acts 24:10 word 6

OET-LV: 10 And the Paulos answered, the governor having _nodded to _him to _be _speaking, this for many years you being judge to_ the _nation Knowing, I _am_ cheerfully _defending the things concerning myself. (ACT_24:10)

OET-RV: 10 So the governor nodded for Paul to speak and he started,
¶ “I happily defend myself today knowing that you have many years of experience ruling in this region. (ACT 24:10)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘neuō’ have 2 different glosses: ‘having nodded’, ‘is nodding’.

Key: V=verb