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Koine Greek wordlink #126176

SR GNT 2Cor 12:19 ἀπολογούμεθα (apologoumetha) ‘you_all are supposing that to you_all we are defending in_front_of god in’ Strongs=6260 Lemma=apologeomai
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=middle person=1st number=plural
Refers to Word #123177 Refers to Word #124702

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Only use of identical word form ἀπολογούμεθα (V-IPM1..P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀπολογούμεθα’ (V-IPM1..P) is always and only glossed as ‘we are defending’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘apologeomai’ have 8 different glosses: ‘to_be defended’, ‘to_be defending’, ‘was defending’, ‘I am defending’, ‘we are defending’, ‘you_all may defend’, ‘defending’, ‘defending them’.

Greek words (7) other than ἀπολογούμεθα (V-IPM1..P) with a gloss related to ‘defending’

ACTs 19:33 ἀπολογεῖσθαι (apologeisthai) V-NPM.... ‘his hand was wanting to_be defending to the public’ SR GNT Acts 19:33 word 25

ACTs 24:10 ἀπολογοῦμαι (apologoumai) V-IPM1..S ‘the things concerning myself I am defending’ SR GNT Acts 24:10 word 26

ACTs 25:8 ἀπολογουμένου (apologoumenou) V-PPM.GMS ‘of Paulos defending neither against the’ SR GNT Acts 25:8 word 3

ACTs 26:1 ἀπελογεῖτο (apelogeito) V-IIM3..S ‘having stretched_out his hand was defending’ SR GNT Acts 26:1 word 20

ACTs 26:2 ἀπολογεῖσθαι (apologeisthai) V-NPM.... ‘you going today to_be defending’ SR GNT Acts 26:2 word 19

ACTs 26:24 ἀπολογουμένου (apologoumenou) V-PPM.GMS ‘these things and of him defending Faʸstos with loud voice’ SR GNT Acts 26:24 word 4

ROM 2:15 ἀπολογουμένων (apologoumenōn) V-PPM.GMP ‘accusing or also defending them’ SR GNT Rom 2:15 word 24

Key: V=verb IIM3..S=indicative,imperfect,middle,3rd person singular IPM1..P=indicative,present,middle,1st person plural IPM1..S=indicative,present,middle,1st person singular NPM....=infinitive,present,middle PPM.GMP=participle,present,middle,genitive,masculine,plural PPM.GMS=participle,present,middle,genitive,masculine,singular