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Koine Greek wordlink #142174

SR GNT Heb 4:15 συμπαθῆσαι (sumpathaʸsai) ‘a chief_priest not being_able to sympathize with the weaknesses of us’ Strongs=48340 Lemma=sumpatheō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=active
Year=64 AD Refers to Word #142171

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Only use of identical word form συμπαθῆσαι (V-NAA····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘συμπαθῆσαι’ (V-NAA····) is always and only glossed as ‘to sympathize’.

Heb 4:15 ‘a chief_priest not being_able to sympathize with the weaknesses of us’ SR GNT Heb 4:15 word 7

OET-LV: 15 For/Because not we _are _having a_chief _priest not being _able to _sympathize with _the weaknesses of _us, but having _been _tempted in all things by likeness without sin. (HEB_4:15)

OET-RV: 15 because we don’t have a high priest who’s not able to sympathise with our weakness, but rather who’s been tempted just like we are, yet he didn’t sin. (HEB 4:15)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘sumpatheō’ have 2 different glosses: ‘to sympathize’, ‘you_all sympathized’.

Key: V=verb