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Koine Greek wordlink #53438

SR GNT Luke 15:18 ἐρῶ (erō) ‘father of me and I will_be saying to him father I sinned’ Strongs=30040 Lemma=legō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=future voice=active person=1st number=singular
Year=33 AD

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Other uses (7) of identical word form ἐρῶ (V-IFA1··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐρῶ’ (V-IFA1··S) has 5 different glosses: ‘will_be saying’, ‘will_be telling’, ‘I will_be saying’, ‘I will_be speaking’, ‘I will_be telling’.

Mark 11:29 ‘answer to me and I will_be telling to you_all by what’ SR GNT Mark 11:29 word 21

OET-LV: 29 And the Yaʸsous said to _them: Also _I I _will _be _asking you _all one message, and answer to _me, and I _will _be _telling to _you _all by what authority I _am _doing these things. (MRK_11:29)

OET-RV: 29 Yeshua answered, “Okay, I’ll also ask you something and when you answer me I’ll tell you about my authority to do that: (MRK 11:29)

Mat 13:30 ‘the time of the harvest I will_be saying to the harvesters gather’ SR GNT Mat 13:30 word 16

OET-LV: 30 Allow both to _be _being _grown _together until the harvest, and in the_time of _the harvest I _will _be _saying to _the harvesters: Gather first the darnels and bind them into bundles in _order that to _burn _up them, and gather _together the wheat into the barn of _me. (MAT_13:30)

OET-RV: 30 ‘Let them all grown together, and then at harvest time I can just tell the harvesters to pull the false wheat plants out first and put then in bundles to be incinerated, and then harvest the wheat to go into my barn.’ ” (MAT 13:30)

Mat 21:24 ‘to me also_I to you_all will_be saying by what authority’ SR GNT Mat 21:24 word 24

OET-LV: 24 And the Yaʸsous answering, said to _them: Also _I Will _be _asking you _all one message, which if you _all _may _tell to _me, also _I will _be _saying to _you _all by what authority I _am _doing these things. (MAT_21:24)

OET-RV: 24 “Well, I have one question for you first,” Yeshua answered. “If you answer it, then I’ll tell you all about my authority to do these things. (MAT 21:24)

Luke 12:19 ‘and I will_be saying to the soul of me’ SR GNT Luke 12:19 word 2

OET-LV: 19 And I _will _be _saying to _the soul of _me: Soul, you _are _having many good things lying for many years, be _resting, eat, drink, be _being _gladdened. (LUK_12:19)

OET-RV: 19 Then I’ll be able to tell my soul: Soul, you’ve got enough good things now to be able to relax for many years of resting, eating, drinking, and being happy.’ (LUK 12:19)

2 Cor 12:6 ‘foolish the truth for I will_be speaking I am refraining but lest’ SR GNT 2 Cor 12:6 word 12

OET-LV: 6 For/Because if I _may _want to _boast, not I _will _be foolish, because/for the_truth I _will _be _speaking, but I _am _refraining, lest anyone to me may _count beyond what he _is _seeing in _me, or is _hearing of me. (CO2_12:6)

OET-RV: 6 because even if I did want to boast, I wouldn’t be being foolish, because I would be speaking the truth. But I’ll refrain in case anyone reckons that I’m more than what they can see or hear about me. (CO2 12:6)

Php 4:4 ‘the master always again I will_be saying be rejoicing’ SR GNT Php 4:4 word 6

OET-LV: 4 Be _rejoicing in the_master always, again I _will _be _saying, be _rejoicing. (PHP_4:4)

OET-RV: 4 Always be happy in the master. I’ll say that again: be happy. (PHP 4:4)

Rev 17:7 ‘why you marvelled I will_be telling you the mystery’ SR GNT Rev 17:7 word 11

OET-LV: 7 And said to _me the messenger: For/Because _reason why you _marvelled? I you will _be _telling the mystery of _the woman, and of _the wild _animal which bearing her, which having the seven heads and the ten horns. (REV_17:7)

OET-RV: 7 but the messenger asked me, “Why are you astounded? I’ll tell you the mystery of the woman and of the wild animal with the seven heads and the ten horns that’s carrying her. (REV 17:7)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘legō’ have 147 different glosses: ‘am saying’, ‘am speaking’, ‘am telling’, ‘are saying’, ‘are saying it’, ‘be saying’, ‘be speaking it’, ‘be telling’, ‘being called’, ‘being spoken’, ‘had spoken’, ‘has said’, ‘have said’, ‘having said’, ‘having spoken’, ‘having_been said’, ‘having_been spoken’, ‘is calling’, ‘is saying’, ‘is speaking’, ‘is_being called’, ‘is_being said’, ‘let say’, ‘let_be saying’, ‘may say’, ‘may speak’, ‘may_be saying’, ‘they said’, ‘to say’, ‘to speak’, ‘to tell’, ‘to_be calling’, ‘to_be saying’, ‘to_be speaking’, ‘to_be telling’, ‘to_be_being called’, ‘to_be_being said’, ‘to_have said’, ‘was asking’, ‘was saying’, ‘was speaking’, ‘were saying’, ‘were speaking’, ‘were spoken’, ‘will_be saying’, ‘will_be telling’, ‘I am asking’, ‘I am calling’, ‘I am saying’, ‘I am speaking’, ‘I am telling’, ‘I am telling you’, ‘I have called’, ‘I have said’, ‘I have told’, ‘I may say’, ‘I may tell’, ‘I may_be saying’, ‘I was saying’, ‘I was telling’, ‘I will_be saying’, ‘I will_be speaking’, ‘I will_be telling’, ‘I said’, ‘I said it’, ‘I spoke’, ‘I told’, ‘he had said’, ‘he had spoken’, ‘he has said’, ‘he has spoken’, ‘he having said’, ‘he is calling’, ‘he is saying’, ‘he is speaking’, ‘he is telling’, ‘he may say’, ‘he may_be saying’, ‘he was calling’, ‘he was saying’, ‘he was speaking’, ‘he will_be saying’, ‘he will_be speaking’, ‘he called’, ‘he said’, ‘he spoke’, ‘he told’, ‘him let say’, ‘it has_been said’, ‘it is saying’, ‘it was said’, ‘she is saying’, ‘she was saying’, ‘she said’, ‘they are calling’, ‘they are saying’, ‘they are speaking’, ‘they are telling’, ‘they have said’, ‘they may say’, ‘they may tell’, ‘they may_be saying’, ‘they may_be telling’, ‘they were saying’, ‘they will_be saying’, ‘they said’, ‘they spoke’, ‘we are saying’, ‘we may call’, ‘we may say’, ‘we may_be saying’, ‘we will_be saying’, ‘who were telling’, ‘you are calling’, ‘you are saying’, ‘you are speaking’, ‘you are telling’, ‘you have spoken’, ‘you may say’, ‘you may speak’, ‘you may tell’, ‘you will_be saying’, ‘you will_be speaking’, ‘you said’, ‘you spoke’, ‘you_all are calling’, ‘you_all are saying’, ‘you_all are speaking’, ‘you_all have spoken’, ‘you_all may say’, ‘you_all may tell’, ‘you_all may_be speaking’, ‘you_all were saying’, ‘you_all will_be saying’, ‘you_all said’, ‘calling’, ‘said’, ‘said it’, ‘say’, ‘say it’, ‘saying’, ‘speak’, ‘speaking’, ‘spoke’, ‘tell’, ‘telling’, ‘told’.

Key: V=verb