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Koine Greek wordlink #130609

SR GNT Eph 4:28 κλεπτέτω (kleptetō) ‘the one stealing no_longer let_be stealing rather but him let_be labouring’ Strongs=28130 Lemma=kleptō
Word role=verb mood=imperative tense=present voice=active person=3rd number=singular

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Only use of identical word form κλεπτέτω (V-MPA3..S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘κλεπτέτω’ (V-MPA3..S) is always and only glossed as ‘let_be stealing’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kleptō’ have 10 different glosses: ‘are stealing’, ‘let_be stealing’, ‘may steal’, ‘to_be stealing’, ‘he may steal’, ‘you are stealing’, ‘you may steal’, ‘you will_be stealing’, ‘stealing’, ‘stole’.

Greek words (7) other than κλεπτέτω (V-MPA3..S) with a gloss related to ‘stealing’

MAT 6:19 κλέπτουσιν (kleptousin) V-IPA3..P ‘thieves are digging_through and are stealing’ SR GNT Mat 6:19 word 19

MAT 6:20 κλέπτουσιν (kleptousin) V-IPA3..P ‘not are digging_through nor are stealing’ SR GNT Mat 6:20 word 22

MAT 19:18 κλέψεις (klepseis) V-IFA2..S ‘not you will_be committing_adultery not you will_be stealing not you will_be giving_false_testimony’ SR GNT Mat 19:18 word 17

ROM 2:21 κλέπτειν (kleptein) V-NPA.... ‘you proclaiming not to_be stealing you are stealing’ SR GNT Rom 2:21 word 11

ROM 2:21 κλέπτεις (klepteis) V-IPA2..S ‘proclaiming not to_be stealing you are stealing’ SR GNT Rom 2:21 word 12

ROM 13:9 κλέψεις (klepseis) V-IFA2..S ‘not you will_be murdering not you will_be stealing not you will_be coveting and’ SR GNT Rom 13:9 word 8

EPH 4:28 κλέπτων (kleptōn) V-PPA.NMS ‘the one stealing no_longer let_be stealing rather’ SR GNT Eph 4:28 word 2

Key: V=verb IFA2..S=indicative,future,active,2nd person singular IPA2..S=indicative,present,active,2nd person singular IPA3..P=indicative,present,active,3rd person plural MPA3..S=imperative,present,active,3rd person singular NPA....=infinitive,present,active PPA.NMS=participle,present,active,nominative,masculine,singular