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Koine Greek wordlink #60706

SR GNT Luke 23:30 Καλύψατε (Kalupsate) ‘and to the hills cover us’ Strongs=25720 Lemma=kaluptō
Word role=verb mood=imperative tense=aorist voice=active person=2nd number=plural
Year=33 AD Refers to Word #60705

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Only use of identical word form Καλύψατε (V-MAA2··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Καλύψατε’ (V-MAA2··P) is always and only glossed as ‘cover’.

Luke 23:30 ‘and to the hills cover us’ SR GNT Luke 23:30 word 13

OET-LV: 30 Then they _will _be _beginning to _be _saying to _the mountains: Fall on us, and to _the hills: Cover us. (LUK_23:30)

OET-RV: 30 Then they’ll start begging the mountains to fall on top of them and begging the hills to smother them, (LUK 23:30)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kaluptō’ have 6 different glosses: ‘having_been concealed’, ‘having_been covered’, ‘is covering’, ‘to_be_being covered’, ‘will_be covering’, ‘cover’.

Key: V=verb