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Koine Greek wordlink #53238

SR GNT Luke 15:8 σαροῖ (saroi) ‘is lighting a lamp and is sweeping the house and’ Strongs=45630 Lemma=saroō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=active person=3rd number=singular
Year=33 AD Refers to Word #53223

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Only use of identical word form σαροῖ (V-IPA3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘σαροῖ’ (V-IPA3··S) is always and only glossed as ‘is sweeping’.

Luke 15:8 ‘is lighting a lamp and is sweeping the house and’ SR GNT Luke 15:8 word 18

OET-LV: 8 Or what woman having ten drachmas, if she _may _lose one drachma, is_ not _lighting a_lamp, and is _sweeping the house, and is _seeking carefully, until of _which she _may _find it? (LUK_15:8)

OET-RV: 8 “Or what woman who had ten silver coins and lost one, wouldn’t light a lamp and sweep the house and search thoroughly until she found it? (LUK 15:8)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘saroō’ have 2 different glosses: ‘having_been swept’, ‘is sweeping’.

Key: V=verb