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Koine Greek wordlink #141181

SR GNT Heb 1:12 ἑλίξεις (helixeis) ‘and as_if a covering you will_be rolling_up them like a garment’ Strongs=16670 Lemma=helissō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=future voice=active person=2nd number=singular
Year=64 AD

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Only use of identical word form ἑλίξεις (V-IFA2··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἑλίξεις’ (V-IFA2··S) is always and only glossed as ‘you will_be rolling_up’.

Heb 1:12 ‘and as_if a covering you will_be rolling_up them like a garment’ SR GNT Heb 1:12 word 5

OET-LV: 12 and as _if a_covering you _will _be _rolling _up them, like a_garment also they _will _be _being _changed, but you the same are, and the years of _you not will _be _failing. (HEB_1:12)

OET-RV: 12 You will roll them up like a discarded dressing gown;
⇔ they’ll be changed like we change our clothes.
⇔ But you remain the same,
⇔ and you won’t get old and fragile.’ (HEB 1:12)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘helissō’ have 2 different glosses: ‘being rolled_up’, ‘you will_be rolling_up’.

Key: V=verb