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Koine Greek wordlink #60534

SR GNT Luke 23:23 ἐπέκειντο (epekeinto) ‘they and were imposing with voices loud requesting’ Strongs=19450 Lemma=epikeimai
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=middle person=3rd number=plural
Year=33 AD

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Only use of identical word form ἐπέκειντο (V-IIM3··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐπέκειντο’ (V-IIM3··P) is always and only glossed as ‘were imposing’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘epikeimai’ have 7 different glosses: ‘is imposing’, ‘to_be imposing’, ‘was laying_on’, ‘were imposing’, ‘imposing’, ‘laying_on it’, ‘laying_on us’.

Greek words (3) other than ἐπέκειντο (V-IIM3··P) with a gloss related to ‘imposing’

LUKE 5:1 ἐπικεῖσθαι (epikeisthai) V-NPM···· ‘the time the crowd to_be imposing on him and to_be hearing’ SR GNT Luke 5:1 word 9

OET-LV: 5 And it _became at the time, the crowd to _be _imposing on _him and to _be _hearing the message of _the god, and he was having _stood by the lake of _Gennaʸsaret, (LUK_5:1)

OET-RV: 5 One time when the crowd was pressuring Yeshua that they wanted to hear God’s message as he stood by Lake Galilee, (LUK 5:1)

1 COR 9:16 ἐπίκειται (epikeitai) V-IPM3··S ‘necessity for on me is imposing woe for to me’ SR GNT 1 Cor 9:16 word 12

OET-LV: 16 For/Because if I _may _be _good _message _preaching, not there _is to _me boast, because/for necessity on _me is _imposing, woe for to _me is, if not I _may _be _good _message _preaching. (CO1_9:16)

OET-RV: 16 And yet, when I preach the good message, it doesn’t give me any good reason to boast because I’m actually obligated to do it—I wouldn’t end well if I didn’t preach the good message (CO1 9:16)

HEB 9:10 ἐπικείμενα (epikeimena) V-PPM·NNP ‘until the time of reformation imposing’ SR GNT Heb 9:10 word 16

OET-LV: 10 only in foods, and drinks, and special washings, just _acts of_the_flesh, until the_time of _reformation imposing. (HEB_9:10)

OET-RV: 10 only just physical matters of food and drinks and ritual washings—until the reformed system is instigated. (HEB 9:10)

Key: V=verb