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Koine Greek wordlink #46526

SR GNT Luke 9:12 κλίνειν (klinein) ‘and day began to_be declining having approached and the’ Strongs=28270 Lemma=klinō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=present voice=active
Year=32 AD Refers to Word #46523

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Only use of identical word form κλίνειν (V-NPA····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘κλίνειν’ (V-NPA····) is always and only glossed as ‘to_be declining’.

Luke 9:12 ‘and day began to_be declining having approached and the’ SR GNT Luke 9:12 word 7

OET-LV: 12 And the day began to _be _declining, and the twelve having _approached said to _him: Send _away the crowd, in _order _that having _been _gone into the surrounding villages and country, they _may _lodge and they _may _find provisions, because we _are here in a_desolate place. (LUK_9:12)

OET-RV: 12 As the day was coming to an end, the twelve approached him and said, “Send the crowd away so that they can go into the nearby towns and countryside to find somewhere to stay and something to eat, because this place is very isolated.” (LUK 9:12)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘klinō’ have 7 different glosses: ‘has declined’, ‘having bowed’, ‘may_be laying’, ‘to_be declining’, ‘he may_be laying’, ‘bowing’, ‘routed’.

Key: V=verb