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Koine Greek wordlink #50433

SR GNT Luke 12:11 ἀπολογήσησθε (apologaʸsaʸsthe) ‘how or what you_all may defend or what you_all may say’ Strongs=6260 Lemma=apologeomai
Word role=verb mood=subjunctive tense=aorist voice=middle person=2nd number=plural
Year=33 AD

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Only use of identical word form ἀπολογήσησθε (V-SAM2··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀπολογήσησθε’ (V-SAM2··P) is always and only glossed as ‘you_all may defend’.

Luke 12:11 ‘how or what you_all may defend or what you_all may say’ SR GNT Luke 12:11 word 29

OET-LV: 11 And whenever they _may _be _carrying _in you _all before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, you _all _may_ not _worry how or what you _all _may _defend or what you _all _may _say, (LUK_12:11)

OET-RV: 11 “Whenever you get dragged into the meeting halls or in front of rulers or authorities, don’t worry about how you’ll defend yourselves or what you’ll say, (LUK 12:11)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘apologeomai’ have 8 different glosses: ‘to_be defended’, ‘to_be defending’, ‘was defending’, ‘I am defending’, ‘we are defending’, ‘you_all may defend’, ‘defending’, ‘defending them’.

Key: V=verb