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Koine Greek wordlink #81109

SR GNT Yhn 21:6 ἑλκύσαι (helkusai) ‘and no_longer it to drag was able because_of the’ Strongs=16700 Lemma=helkuō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=active
Year=33 AD Refers to Word #81067

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

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

Yhn (Jhn) 21:6 ‘and no_longer it to drag was able because_of the’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 21:6 word 24

OET-LV: 6 And he said to _them: Cast the net to the right side of _the boat, and you _all _will _be _finding them. Therefore they _throw, and was_ no _longer _able to _drag it because _of the multitude of _the fishes. (JHN_21:6)

OET-RV: 6 Then he said, “Throw the net out over the right side of the boat and you’ll find some.” So they did it and they caught so many fish that the net was too heavy to pull back in. (JHN 21:6)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘helkuō’ have 6 different glosses: ‘may draw’, ‘to drag’, ‘I will_be drawing’, ‘they dragged them’, ‘dragged’, ‘drew’.

Key: V=verb