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Koine Greek wordlink #51263

SR GNT Luke 12:50 συνέχομαι (suneⱪomai) ‘to_be immersed and how I am_being pressed until of which it may_be accomplished’ Strongs=49120 Lemma=suneχō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=passive person=1st number=singular
Year=33 AD

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Only use of identical word form συνέχομαι (V-IPP1··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘συνέχομαι’ (V-IPP1··S) is always and only glossed as ‘I am_being pressed’.

Luke 12:50 ‘to_be immersed and how I am_being pressed until of which it may_be accomplished’ SR GNT Luke 12:50 word 7

OET-LV: 50 But I _am _having to _be _immersed immersion, and how I _am _being _pressed until of _which it _may _be _accomplished. (LUK_12:50)

OET-RV: 50 but I have to undergo an immersion into suffering, and until it’s achieved, the weight of it coming crushes my soul. (LUK 12:50)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘suneχō’ have 9 different glosses: ‘are pressing’, ‘being gripped_with’, ‘is holding’, ‘was_being occupied’, ‘I am_being pressed’, ‘they were_being gripped_with’, ‘they will_be pressing’, ‘they held’, ‘holding’.

Greek words (1) other than συνέχομαι (V-IPP1··S) with a gloss related to ‘pressed’

PHP 1:23 Συνέχομαι (Suneⱪomai) V-IPP1··S ‘I am_being pressed and by the’ SR GNT Php 1:23 word 1

OET-LV: 23 I _am _being _pressed and by the two, the desire having in _order that to _depart and with chosen _one /messiah to _be, because/for by _much more better, (PHP_1:23)

OET-RV: 23 I feel squeezed between the two: the desire to depart from here and be with Messiah which would be much better, (PHP 1:23)

Key: V=verb