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Koine Greek wordlink #56517

SR GNT Luke 19:22 ἔσπειρα (espeira) ‘reaping what not I sowed’ Strongs=46870 Lemma=speirō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=active person=1st number=singular
Year=33 AD Refers to Word #56504

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Other uses (1) of identical word form ἔσπειρα (V-IAA1··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἔσπειρα’ (V-IAA1··S) is always and only glossed as ‘I sowed’.

Mat 25:26 ‘I am reaping where not I sowed and I am gathering_together whence’ SR GNT Mat 25:26 word 22

OET-LV: 26 But the master of _him, answering said to _him: Evil and reluctant slave. You _had _known that I _am _reaping where I_ not _sowed, and I _am _gathering _together whence I_ not _scattered. (MAT_25:26)

OET-RV: 26 ‘You evil and lazy slave,’ his master answered. ‘You know that I harvest where I didn’t plant and gather where I didn’t spread seed (MAT 25:26)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘speirō’ have 17 different glosses: ‘are sowing’, ‘being sown’, ‘having sown’, ‘having_been sown’, ‘is sowing’, ‘is_being sown’, ‘may_be sowing’, ‘to sow’, ‘to_be sowing’, ‘I sowed’, ‘it is_being sown’, ‘it may_be sown’, ‘they are sowing’, ‘you are sowing’, ‘you sowed’, ‘sowed’, ‘sowing’.

Greek words (6) other than ἔσπειρα (V-IAA1··S) with a gloss related to ‘sowed’

MAT 13:25 ἐπέσπειρεν (epespeiren) V-IAA3··S Lemma=epispeirō ‘the enemy and sowed darnels among midst’ SR GNT Mat 13:25 word 12

OET-LV: 25 But at the time the people to _be _sleeping, the enemy of _him came and sowed darnels among midst of _the wheat and went _away. (MAT_13:25)

OET-RV: 25 But the while they were all sleeping, his enemy came and spread black-grained ‘wheat’ seeds around his wheat field and left again. (MAT 13:25)

MAT 13:27 ἔσπειρας (espeiras) V-IAA2··S ‘not good seed you sowed in your field’ SR GNT Mat 13:27 word 14

OET-LV: 27 And the slaves of _the home _owner having _approached said to _him: Master, you_ not _sowed good seed in the your field? Therefore from _where it _is _having darnels? (MAT_13:27)

OET-RV: 27 The farmer’s slave came and told him, ‘Master, wasn’t it good wheat seed that you planted? So why is there so much false wheat?’ (MAT 13:27)

MAT 13:31 ἔσπειρεν (espeiren) V-IAA3··S ‘which having taken a man sowed in the field’ SR GNT Mat 13:31 word 18

OET-LV: 31 Another parable he _set _before to _them saying, the kingdom of _the heavens is Similar to_a_seed of _mustard, which a_man having _taken sowed in the field of _him, (MAT_13:31)

OET-RV: 31 Another one of his parables went like this: “The heavenly kingdom is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field. (MAT 13:31)

MAT 25:24 ἔσπειρας (espeiras) V-IAA2··S ‘reaping where not you sowed and gathering_together whence’ SR GNT Mat 25:24 word 23

OET-LV: 24 And the one having _received with _the one talanton_of _silver, having_ also _approached said: Master, I _knew you, that you _are a_hard, man, reaping where you_ not _sowed, and gathering _together whence you_ not _scattered. (MAT_25:24)

OET-RV: 24 Then the slave with one bag of silver also approached and said, ‘Master, I knew that you’d are hard man, harvesting where you didn’t plant, and gathering where you didn’t spread seed. (MAT 25:24)

LUKE 19:21 ἔσπειρας (espeiras) V-IAA2··S ‘you are reaping what not you sowed’ SR GNT Luke 19:21 word 20

OET-LV: 21 For/Because I _was _fearing you, because you _are a_ austere _man, you _are _taking _up what you_ not _laid, and you _are _reaping what you_ not _sowed. (LUK_19:21)

OET-RV: 21 because I was scared of you, knowing that you’re a hard man—picking up what you didn’t put down, and harvesting where you didn’t sow.’ (LUK 19:21)

1 COR 9:11 ἐσπείραμεν (espeiramen) V-IAA1··P ‘we to you_all spiritual things sowed a great thing if we’ SR GNT 1 Cor 9:11 word 7

OET-LV: 11 If we to _you _all the spiritual things sowed, a_great thing if we from _you _all the material things will _be _reaping it _is? (CO1_9:11)

OET-RV: 11 If we sowed spiritual things among you, is it too much to expect a material ‘harvest’ from you? (CO1 9:11)

Key: V=verb