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Koine Greek wordlink #81439

SR GNT Yhn 21:18 ἐζώννυες (ezōnnues) ‘when you were younger you were girding yourself and you were walking’ Strongs=22240 Lemma=zōnnuō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=active person=2nd number=singular
Year=33 AD Refers to Word #81398 Referred to from Word #81475 Referred to from Word #81487

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Only use of identical word form ἐζώννυες (V-IIA2··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐζώννυες’ (V-IIA2··S) is always and only glossed as ‘you were girding’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘zōnnuō’ have 3 different glosses: ‘will_be girding’, ‘you were girding’, ‘gird yourself’.

Greek words (1) other than ἐζώννυες (V-IIA2··S) with a gloss related to ‘girding’

YHN 21:18 ζώσουσιν (zōsousin) V-IFA3··P ‘of you and another will_be girding you and will_be bringing’ SR GNT Yhn 21:18 word 29

OET-LV: 18 Truly, truly, I _am _saying to _you, when you _were younger, you _were _girding yourself, and you _were _walking where you _were _wanting, but whenever you _may _age, you _will _be _stretching _out the hands of _you, and another will _be _girding you, and will _be _bringing where you _are_ not _wanting. (JHN_21:18)

OET-RV: 18 “I can assure you that while you are young, you dress yourself and go wherever you want to go, but as you age, you’ll be stretching out your hands and others will dress you and will take you where you don’t want to go.” (JHN 21:18)

Key: V=verb