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Koine Greek wordlink #85874

SR GNT Acts 6:3 ἐπισκέψασθε (episkepsasthe) ‘examine but brothers men’ Strongs=19800 Lemma=episkeptomai
Word role=verb mood=imperative tense=aorist voice=middle person=2nd number=plural
Year=33 AD Event=Seven_chosen_to_serve TimeSeries=Seven_chosen_to_serve Refers to Word #85881

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Only use of identical word form ἐπισκέψασθε (V-MAM2··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐπισκέψασθε’ (V-MAM2··P) is always and only glossed as ‘examine’.

Acts 6:3 ‘examine but brothers men’ SR GNT Acts 6:3 word 1

OET-LV: 3 but brothers examine, men from of _you _all being _attested, seven full of_the_spirit and wisdom, whom we _will _be _appointing over the this need. (ACT_6:3)

OET-RV: 3 So brothers, look around you for seven men who are well known to be full of God’s spirit and wisdom, so we can appoint them to be in charge of this part of the work. (ACT 6:3)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘episkeptomai’ have 9 different glosses: ‘to visit’, ‘to_be visiting’, ‘will_be visiting’, ‘he visited’, ‘we may visit’, ‘you are noticing’, ‘you_all visited’, ‘examine’, ‘visited’.

Key: V=verb