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Koine Greek wordlink #88495

SR GNT Acts 9:3 περιήστραψεν (periaʸstrapsen) ‘suddenly and him flashed_around a light from the’ Strongs=40150 Lemma=periastraptō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=active person=3rd number=singular
Year=35 AD Event=Saul_is_converted TimeSeries=Saul_is_converted

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

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

Acts 9:3 ‘suddenly and him flashed_around a light from the’ SR GNT Acts 9:3 word 15

OET-LV: 3 And in the time to _be _going, it _became him to _be _nearing to_ the _Damaskos, and suddenly a_light from the sky. flashed _around. him. (ACT_9:3)

OET-RV: 3 On his journey as he approached Damascus, suddenly light from the sky flashed around him. (ACT 9:3)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘periastraptō’ have 2 different glosses: ‘to flash_around’, ‘flashed_around’.

Key: V=verb