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Koine Greek wordlink #54609

SR GNT Luke 16:15 δικαιοῦντες (dikaiountes) ‘you_all are the ones justifying yourselves before the’ Strongs=13440 Lemma=dikaioō
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=present voice=active case=nominative gender=masculine number=plural
Referred to from Word #54610

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Only use of identical word form δικαιοῦντες (V-PPA.NMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘δικαιοῦντες’ (V-PPA.NMP) is always and only glossed as ‘justifying’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘dikaioō’ have 20 different glosses: ‘are_being justified’, ‘being justified’, ‘has_been justified’, ‘having_been justified’, ‘is justifying’, ‘is_being justified’, ‘to justify’, ‘to_be justified’, ‘to_be_being justified’, ‘was justified’, ‘will_be justifying’, ‘will_be_being justified’, ‘I have_been justified’, ‘he justified’, ‘they justified’, ‘we may_be justified’, ‘you may_be justified’, ‘you will_be_being justified’, ‘you_all were justified’, ‘justifying’.

Greek words (5) other than δικαιοῦντες (V-PPA.NMP) with a gloss related to ‘justifying’

ROM 3:26 δικαιοῦντα (dikaiounta) V-PPA.AMS ‘him righteous and justifying the one of faith’ SR GNT Rom 3:26 word 22

ROM 3:30 δικαιώσει (dikaiōsei) V-IFA3..S ‘one god is who will_be justifying the circumcision by faith’ SR GNT Rom 3:30 word 7

ROM 4:5 δικαιοῦντα (dikaiounta) V-PPA.AMS ‘but in the one justifying the ungodly is_being counted’ SR GNT Rom 4:5 word 15

ROM 8:33 δικαιῶν (dikaiōn) V-PPA.NMS ‘of god god is the one justifying’ SR GNT Rom 8:33 word 8

GAL 3:8 δικαιοῖ (dikaioi) V-IPA3..S ‘that by faith is justifying the pagans god’ SR GNT Gal 3:8 word 8

Key: V=verb IFA3..S=indicative,future,active,3rd person singular IPA3..S=indicative,present,active,3rd person singular PPA.AMS=participle,present,active,accusative,masculine,singular PPA.NMP=participle,present,active,nominative,masculine,plural PPA.NMS=participle,present,active,nominative,masculine,singular