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Koine Greek wordlink #147872

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
Referred to from Word #147870

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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

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

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

Key: V=verb IFM3..S=indicative,future,middle,3rd person singular NPM....=infinitive,present,middle PPA.NMP=participle,present,active,nominative,masculine,plural