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Koine Greek wordlink #88767

SR GNT Acts 8:20 κτᾶσθαι (ktasthai) ‘you thought by money to_be acquiring’ Strongs=29320 Lemma=ktaomai
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=present voice=middle
Refers to Word #88705 Person=Simon7

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Other uses (1) of identical word form κτᾶσθαι (V-NPM....) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘κτᾶσθαι’ (V-NPM....) is always and only glossed as ‘to_be acquiring’.

1Th 4:4 ‘the of himself vessel to_be acquiring in holiness and’ SR GNT 1Th 4:4 word 8

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘ktaomai’ have 5 different glosses: ‘to_be acquiring’, ‘I am acquiring’, ‘you_all may acquire’, ‘you_all will_be acquiring’, ‘acquired’.

Greek words (2) other than κτᾶσθαι (V-NPM....) with a gloss related to ‘acquiring’

LUKE 18:12 κτῶμαι (ktōmai) V-IPM1..S ‘I am tithing all things as_many_as I am acquiring’ SR GNT Luke 18:12 word 9

LUKE 21:19 κτήσεσθε (ktaʸsesthe) V-IFM2..P ‘the endurance of you_all you_all will_be acquiring the lives of you_all’ SR GNT Luke 21:19 word 6

Key: V=verb IFM2..P=indicative,future,middle,2nd person plural IPM1..S=indicative,present,middle,1st person singular NPM....=infinitive,present,middle