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Koine Greek wordlink #6704

SR GNT Mat 11:17 ἐθρηνήσαμεν (ethraʸnaʸsamen) ‘and not you_all danced we lamented and not you_all mourn’ Strongs=23540 Lemma=thrēneō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=active person=1st number=plural
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Jesus'_Message_on_John_the_Baptist Refers to Word #6680

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Other uses (1) of identical word form ἐθρηνήσαμεν (V-IAA1··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐθρηνήσαμεν’ (V-IAA1··P) is always and only glossed as ‘we lamented’.

Luke 7:32 ‘and not you_all danced we lamented and not you_all wept’ SR GNT Luke 7:32 word 25

OET-LV: 32 They _are similar to _little _children sitting which in the_marketplace, and calling _out to _one _another, who is _saying: We _played _the _flute for _you _all and you _all_ not _danced, we _lamented and you _all_ not _wept. (LUK_7:32)

OET-RV: 32 They’re like little children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other, ‘We played the flute for you all but you didn’t dance, then we played a sad song but you all didn’t weep.’ (LUK 7:32)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘thrēneō’ have 3 different glosses: ‘were lamenting’, ‘will_be lamenting’, ‘we lamented’.

Key: V=verb