Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #102923

SR GNT Acts 25:27 σημᾶναι (saʸmanai) ‘against him charges to signify’ Strongs=45910 Lemma=sēmainō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=active
Year=62 AD Event=Paul_goes_before_Agrippa TimeSeries=Paul_goes_before_Agrippa

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

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

Acts 25:27 ‘against him charges to signify’ SR GNT Acts 25:27 word 13

OET-LV: 27 For/Because it _is _supposing to _me illogical sending a_prisoner, not also to _signify the charges against him. (ACT_25:27)

OET-RV: 27 because it doesn’t seem logical to me to transport a prisoner to Rome if there’s no charges specified against him.” (ACT 25:27)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘sēmainō’ have 4 different glosses: ‘to signify’, ‘he signified it’, ‘signified’, ‘signifying’.

Key: V=verb