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Koine Greek wordlink #7008

SR GNT Mat 12:1 τίλλειν (tillein) ‘hungered and began to_be plucking heads_of_grain and to_be eating’ Strongs=50890 Lemma=tillō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=present voice=active
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Corn_on_the_Sabbath Refers to Word #7003

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

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

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘tillō’ have 3 different glosses: ‘to_be plucking’, ‘were plucking’, ‘plucking’.

Greek words (2) other than τίλλειν (V-NPA····) with a gloss related to ‘plucking’

MARK 2:23 τίλλοντες (tillontes) V-PPA·NMP ‘began way to_be making plucking the heads_of_grain’ SR GNT Mark 2:23 word 27

OET-LV: 23 And it _became him on the days _of _rest to _be _passing _through through the grainfields, and the apprentices/followers of _him began to _be _making way, plucking the heads _of _grain. (MRK_2:23)

OET-RV: 23 And it so happened that Yeshua and his followers passed through some fields of grain on some days of rest. As they went through, they plucked off some heads of grain. (MRK 2:23)

LUKE 6:1 ἔτιλλον (etillon) V-IIA3··P ‘through grainfields and were plucking the apprentices/followers of him’ SR GNT Luke 6:1 word 15

OET-LV: 6 And it _became on the_day _of _rest him to _be _passing _through through grainfields, and the apprentices/followers of _him were _plucking, and were _eating the heads _of _grain, rubbing them in _their hands. (LUK_6:1)

OET-RV: 6 One Rest Day, Yeshua was walking through some fields of grain and his followers were plucking the heads of grain and rubbing them apart in their hands, then chewing the grains. (LUK 6:1)

Key: V=verb