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Koine Greek wordlink #40426

SR GNT Luke 3:16 λῦσαι (lusai) ‘not I am worthy to untie the strap of the’ Strongs=30890 Lemma=luō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=active
Refers to Word #40396 Person=John

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Other uses (3) of identical word form λῦσαι (V-NAA....) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘λῦσαι’ (V-NAA....) has 2 different glosses: ‘to break’, ‘to untie’.

Mark 1:7 ‘I am worthy having bent_down to untie the strap of the’ SR GNT Mark 1:7 word 27

Acts 13:25 ‘sandal of his feet to untie’ SR GNT Acts 13:25 word 34

Rev 5:2 ‘the scroll and to break the seals of it’ SR GNT Rev 5:2 word 18

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘luō’ have 35 different glosses: ‘being destroyed’, ‘having broken’, ‘having released’, ‘having untied’, ‘having untied them’, ‘having untied/released’, ‘having_been released’, ‘having_been untied/released’, ‘is untying’, ‘may break’, ‘may_be broken’, ‘to break’, ‘to untie’, ‘to_be broken’, ‘to_be released’, ‘to_be untied/released’, ‘was untied/released’, ‘was_being destroyed’, ‘were untied/released’, ‘will_be_being destroyed’, ‘will_be_being released’, ‘I may untie’, ‘he may destroy’, ‘he was breaking’, ‘he released’, ‘they are untying’, ‘you have_been untied/released’, ‘you may untie/release’, ‘you_all are untying’, ‘you_all are untying it’, ‘you_all may untie/release’, ‘destroy’, ‘release’, ‘releasing’, ‘untie’.

Greek words (3) other than λῦσαι (V-NAA....) with a gloss related to ‘untie’

YHN 1:27 λύσω (lusō) V-SAA1..S ‘I worthy that I may untie of him the strap’ SR GNT Yhn 1:27 word 19

MARK 11:2 λύσατε (lusate) V-MAA2..P ‘of the people not_yet sat_down untie it and be bringing it’ SR GNT Mark 11:2 word 38

ACTs 7:33 λῦσον (luson) V-MAA2..S ‘to him the master untie the sandal of the’ SR GNT Acts 7:33 word 11

Key: V=verb MAA2..P=imperative,aorist,active,2nd person plural MAA2..S=imperative,aorist,active,2nd person singular NAA....=infinitive,aorist,active SAA1..S=subjunctive,aorist,active,1st person singular