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Koine Greek wordlink #146888

SR GNT Yac 1:27 ἐπισκέπτεσθαι (episkeptesthai) ‘father this is to_be visiting orphans and widows’ Strongs=19800 Lemma=episkeptomai
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=present voice=middle
Year=60 AD Referred to from Word #146886

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Only use of identical word form ἐπισκέπτεσθαι (V-NPM····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐπισκέπτεσθαι’ (V-NPM····) is always and only glossed as ‘to_be visiting’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘episkeptomai’ have 9 different glosses: ‘to visit’, ‘to_be visiting’, ‘will_be visiting’, ‘he visited’, ‘we may visit’, ‘you are noticing’, ‘you_all visited’, ‘examine’, ‘visited’.

Greek words (3) other than ἐπισκέπτεσθαι (V-NPM····) with a gloss related to ‘visiting’

LUKE 1:78 ἐπισκέψεται (episkepsetai) V-IFM3··S ‘of us in which will_be visiting us the rising from’ SR GNT Luke 1:78 word 9

OET-LV: 78 because _of the_compassions of_the_mercy of_god of _us, in which the_rising from height will _be _visiting us, (LUK_1:78)

OET-RV: 78 because God has compassion on us and mercy.
⇔ Thus the light from heaven will visit us (LUK 1:78)

ACTs 2:10 ἐπιδημοῦντες (epidaʸmountes) V-PPA·NMP Lemma=epidēmeō ‘Kuraʸnaʸ and the ones visiting Ɽōmaios’ SR GNT Acts 2:10 word 17

OET-LV: 10 Frugia and and/both Pamfulia, Aiguptos/(Miʦrayim), and the parts of_ the _Libuaʸ which along Kuraʸnaʸ, and the ones Ɽōmaios visiting, (ACT_2:10)

OET-RV: 10 Frygia, Pamfylia, Egypt (Mitsrayim), Libya (near Cyrene), and visitors from Rome, (ACT 2:10)

ACTs 17:21 ἐπιδημοῦντες (epidaʸmountes) V-PPA·NMP Lemma=epidēmeō ‘all and the visiting strangers in not_one’ SR GNT Acts 17:21 word 6

OET-LV: 21 (And all the_ones_from _Athaʸnai and the visiting strangers were _having _opportunity in not _one other thing, than to _be _telling something or to _be _hearing some newer thing. ) (ACT_17:21)

OET-RV: 21 (Everyone in Athens and even visitors often took the opportunity either to explain or to listen to any new things.) (ACT 17:21)

Key: V=verb