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Koine Greek wordlink #88602

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SR GNT Acts 9:8 χειραγωγοῦντες (ⱪeiragōgountes) ‘of him nothing he was seeing leading_by_hand and him they brought_in him’ Strongs=54960 Lemma=χeiragōgeō
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=present voice=active case=nominative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=35 AD Event=Saul_is_converted TimeSeries=Saul_is_converted Refers to Word #88572

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Only use of identical word form χειραγωγοῦντες (V-PPA·NMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘χειραγωγοῦντες’ (V-PPA·NMP) is always and only glossed as ‘leading_by_hand’.

Acts 9:8 ‘of him nothing he was seeing leading_by_hand and him they brought_in him’ SR GNT Acts 9:8 word 17

OET-LV: 8 And Saulos was _raised from the ground, and the eyes of _him having _been _opened _up he _was _seeing nothing. And leading_ him _by _hand, they _brought _in him to Damaskos. (ACT_9:8)

OET-RV: 8 They helped Saul up from the ground, but even when he opened his eyes, he couldn’t see anything. So they had to lead him into Damascus by hand. (ACT 9:8)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘χeiragōgeō’ have 2 different glosses: ‘being led_by_hand’, ‘leading_by_hand’.

Key: V=verb