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Koine Greek wordlink #51677

SR GNT Luke 13:8 σκάψω (skapsō) ‘year until of which I may dig around it and’ Strongs=46260 Lemma=skaptō
Word role=verb mood=subjunctive tense=aorist voice=active person=1st number=singular
Year=33 AD

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Only use of identical word form σκάψω (V-SAA1··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘σκάψω’ (V-SAA1··S) is always and only glossed as ‘I may dig’.

Luke 13:8 ‘year until of which I may dig around it and’ SR GNT Luke 13:8 word 20

OET-LV: 8 And he answering is _saying to _him: Master, allow it also this the year, until of _which I _may _dig around it and I _may _put manure, (LUK_13:8)

OET-RV: 8 ‘Master,’ he answered, ‘give me one more year to dig around it and fertilise it (LUK 13:8)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘skaptō’ have 3 different glosses: ‘to_be digging’, ‘I may dig’, ‘dug’.

Key: V=verb