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Koine Greek wordlink #83526

SR GNT Acts 2:24 κρατεῖσθαι (krateisthai) ‘not was possible to_be_being restrained him by it’ Strongs=29020 Lemma=krateō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=present voice=passive

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

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

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘krateō’ have 28 different glosses: ‘be taking_hold_of’, ‘having apprehended’, ‘having taken_hold’, ‘to apprehend’, ‘to take_hold_of’, ‘to_be taking_hold_of’, ‘to_be_being restrained’, ‘to_have taken_hold’, ‘were_being restrained’, ‘will_be taking_hold_of’, ‘he apprehended’, ‘he took_hold’, ‘they are apprehending’, ‘they have_been restrained’, ‘they may apprehend’, ‘they apprehended’, ‘they took_hold_of’, ‘we may_be taking_hold’, ‘we apprehended’, ‘you are taking_hold_of’, ‘you_all are taking_hold_of’, ‘you_all may_be restraining’, ‘you_all apprehended’, ‘apprehend’, ‘apprehended’, ‘take_hold_of’, ‘taking_hold_of’, ‘took_hold_of’.

Greek words (3) other than κρατεῖσθαι (V-NPP....) with a gloss related to ‘restrained’

YHN 20:23 κεκράτηνται (kekrataʸntai) V-IEP3..P ‘if of any you_all may_be restraining they have_been restrained’ SR GNT Yhn 20:23 word 21

LUKE 24:16 ἐκρατοῦντο (ekratounto) V-IIP3..P ‘but eyes of them were_being restrained not to know him’ SR GNT Luke 24:16 word 5

ACTs 14:18 κατέπαυσαν (katepausan) V-IAA3..P Lemma=katapauō ‘these things saying with_difficulty they restrained the crowds not’ SR GNT Acts 14:18 word 6

Key: V=verb IAA3..P=indicative,aorist,active,3rd person plural IEP3..P=indicative,perfect,passive,3rd person plural IIP3..P=indicative,imperfect,passive,3rd person plural NPP....=infinitive,present,passive