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Koine Greek wordlink #46248

SR GNT Luke 8:37 συνείχοντο (suneiⱪonto) ‘because with fear great they were_being gripped_with he and having boarded’ Strongs=49120 Lemma=suneχō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=passive person=3rd number=plural
Refers to Word #46231

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Only use of identical word form συνείχοντο (V-IIP3..P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘συνείχοντο’ (V-IIP3..P) is always and only glossed as ‘they were_being gripped_with’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘suneχō’ have 9 different glosses: ‘are pressing’, ‘being gripped_with’, ‘is holding’, ‘was_being occupied’, ‘I am_being pressed’, ‘they were_being gripped_with’, ‘they will_be pressing’, ‘they held’, ‘holding’.

Greek words (3) other than συνείχοντο (V-IIP3..P) with a gloss related to ‘gripped_with’

MAT 4:24 συνεχομένους (suneⱪomenous) V-PPP.AMP ‘diseases and with torments being gripped_with being_demon_possessed and being_epileptic’ SR GNT Mat 4:24 word 25

LUKE 4:38 συνεχομένη (suneⱪomenaʸ) V-PPP.NFS ‘and of Simōn was being gripped_with with a fever great and’ SR GNT Luke 4:38 word 26

ACTs 28:8 συνεχόμενον (suneⱪomenon) V-PPP.AMS ‘with fevers and dysentery being gripped_with to_be lying_down to whom’ SR GNT Acts 28:8 word 11

Key: V=verb IIP3..P=indicative,imperfect,passive,3rd person plural PPP.AMP=participle,present,passive,accusative,masculine,plural PPP.AMS=participle,present,passive,accusative,masculine,singular PPP.NFS=participle,present,passive,nominative,feminine,singular