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Koine Greek wordlink #85637

SR GNT Acts 5:36 προσεκλίθη (proseklithaʸ) ‘someone himself to whom was joined_up of men a number about’ Strongs=43455 Lemma=prosklinō^*
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=passive person=3rd number=singular
Year=33 AD Event=Gamaliel_advises_the_counsel_and_Apostles_freed TimeSeries=Gamaliel_advises_the_counsel_and_Apostles_freed

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Only use of identical word form προσεκλίθη (V-IAP3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘προσεκλίθη’ (V-IAP3··S) is always and only glossed as ‘was joined_up’.

Acts 5:36 ‘someone himself to whom was joined_up of men a number about’ SR GNT Acts 5:36 word 17

OET-LV: 36 For/Because before these the days Theudas rose _up, saying himself to _be someone, to _whom was _joined _up of _men a_number of_ about _four _hundred, who was _killed and all as _many _as were _being _persuaded by _him were _dispersed and became to nothing. (ACT_5:36)

OET-RV: 36 A while back, a man called Theudas became prominent, saying that he was someone important. Eventually about four hundred others joined him, but he was killed and those who’d followed him were dispersed and it all came to nothing. (ACT 5:36)

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

Key: V=verb