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Koine Greek wordlink #104481

SR GNT Acts 28:3 καθῆψε (kathaʸpse) ‘the heat having come_out clamped_down on the hand of him’ Strongs=25100 Lemma=kathaptō^*
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=active person=3rd number=singular
Year=62 AD Event=Paul_stays_at_Malta TimeSeries=Paul_stays_at_Malta,Paul's_Journey_to_Rome

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Only use of identical word form καθῆψε (V-IAA3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘καθῆψε’ (V-IAA3··S) is always and only glossed as ‘clamped_down’.

Acts 28:3 ‘the heat having come_out clamped_down on the hand of him’ SR GNT Acts 28:3 word 23

OET-LV: 3 But the Paulos having _gathered some multitude of _sticks, and having _laid _on them on the fire, a_viper having _come _out from the heat, clamped _down on _the hand of _him. (ACT_28:3)

OET-RV: 3 However when Paul was helping to pick up sticks and putting them on the fire, a viper was driven out by the heat and clamped its jaws down on his hand. (ACT 28:3)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘kathaptō’ in the Greek originals.

Key: V=verb