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Koine Greek wordlink #53206

SR GNT Luke 14:19 δοκιμάσαι (dokimasai) ‘five and I am going to approve them I am asking you’ Strongs=13810 Lemma=dokimazō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=active
Refers to Word #53197

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Only use of identical word form δοκιμάσαι (V-NAA....) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘δοκιμάσαι’ (V-NAA....) is always and only glossed as ‘to approve’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘dokimazō’ have 15 different glosses: ‘are approving’, ‘be approving’, ‘being approved’, ‘let_be approving’, ‘let_be_being approved’, ‘to approve’, ‘to_be approving’, ‘to_be scrutinizing’, ‘will_be approving’, ‘he is approving’, ‘they approved’, ‘we have_been approved’, ‘we approved’, ‘you_all may approve’, ‘approving’.

Greek words (1) other than δοκιμάσαι (V-NAA....) with a gloss related to ‘approve’

1COR 16:3 δοκιμάσητε (dokimasaʸte) V-SAA2..P ‘and I may arrive whomever you_all may approve by letters these’ SR GNT 1Cor 16:3 word 7

Key: V=verb NAA....=infinitive,aorist,active SAA2..P=subjunctive,aorist,active,2nd person plural