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Koine Greek wordlink #53173

SR GNT Luke 14:18 παραιτεῖσθαι (paraiteisthai) ‘of one all to_be excusing themselves the first said’ Strongs=38680 Lemma=paraiteomai
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=present voice=middle

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Only use of identical word form παραιτεῖσθαι (V-NPM....) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘παραιτεῖσθαι’ (V-NPM....) is always and only glossed as ‘to_be excusing themselves’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘paraiteomai’ have 8 different glosses: ‘be refusing’, ‘having refused’, ‘having_been excused’, ‘to_be excusing themselves’, ‘I am refusing’, ‘they were excusing’, ‘you_all may refuse’, ‘excused’.

Greek words (1) other than παραιτεῖσθαι (V-NPM....) with a gloss related to ‘excusing’

MARK 15:6 παρῃτοῦντο (paraʸtounto) V-IIM3..P ‘one prisoner whom they were excusing’ SR GNT Mark 15:6 word 17

Key: V=verb IIM3..P=indicative,imperfect,middle,3rd person plural NPM....=infinitive,present,middle