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Koine Greek wordlink #51721

SR GNT Luke 12:48 ζητηθήσεται (zaʸtaʸthaʸsetai) ‘was given much much will_be_being sought from him and’ Strongs=22120 Lemma=zēteō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=future voice=passive person=3rd number=singular

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Only use of identical word form ζητηθήσεται (V-IFP3..S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ζητηθήσεται’ (V-IFP3..S) is always and only glossed as ‘will_be_being sought’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘zēteō’ have 29 different glosses: ‘am seeking’, ‘are seeking’, ‘be seeking’, ‘is seeking’, ‘let_be seeking’, ‘may seek’, ‘to seek’, ‘to_be seeking’, ‘was seeking’, ‘was_being sought’, ‘were seeking’, ‘will_be seeking’, ‘will_be_being sought’, ‘I am seeking’, ‘he was seeking’, ‘he sought’, ‘him let seek’, ‘it is seeking’, ‘it is_being required’, ‘they are seeking’, ‘they were seeking’, ‘we sought’, ‘you are seeking’, ‘you_all are seeking’, ‘you_all were seeking’, ‘you_all will_be seeking’, ‘seek’, ‘seeking’, ‘sought’.

Greek words (4) other than ζητηθήσεται (V-IFP3..S) with a gloss related to ‘sought’

LUKE 20:19 ἐζήτησαν (ezaʸtaʸsan) V-IAA3..P ‘and sought the scribes and’ SR GNT Luke 20:19 word 2

ACTs 16:10 ἐζητήσαμεν (ezaʸtaʸsamen) V-IAA1..P ‘vision he saw immediately we sought to come_out to Makedonia’ SR GNT Acts 16:10 word 14

2TIM 1:17 ἐζήτησέν (ezaʸtaʸsen) V-IAA3..S ‘in Ɽōmaʸ earnestly he sought me and found’ SR GNT 2Tim 1:17 word 9

HEB 8:7 ἐζητεῖτο (ezaʸteito) V-IIP3..S ‘not would for a second was_being sought place’ SR GNT Heb 8:7 word 12

Key: V=verb IAA1..P=indicative,aorist,active,1st person plural IAA3..P=indicative,aorist,active,3rd person plural IAA3..S=indicative,aorist,active,3rd person singular IFP3..S=indicative,future,passive,3rd person singular IIP3..S=indicative,imperfect,passive,3rd person singular