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Koine Greek wordlink #7893

SR GNT Mat 12:44 σχολάζοντα (sⱪolazonta) ‘and having come it is finding being_unoccupied having_been swept and having_been adorned’ Strongs=49800 Lemma=sχolazō
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=present voice=active case=accusative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Blind_and_Dumb_Demoniac_and_Following_Discourse Refers to Word #7882

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Only use of identical word form σχολάζοντα (V-PPA·AMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘σχολάζοντα’ (V-PPA·AMS) is always and only glossed as ‘being_unoccupied’.

Mat 12:44 ‘and having come it is finding being_unoccupied having_been swept and having_been adorned’ SR GNT Mat 12:44 word 17

OET-LV: 44 Then it _is _saying: I _will _be _turning _back to the house of _me whence I _came _out. And having _come, it _is _finding being _unoccupied having _been _swept and having _been _adorned. (MAT_12:44)

OET-RV: 44 So it says to itself, ‘I’ll go back to the house I just left.’ Then when it gets back, it finds that it’s not only unoccupied, but it’s been swept and tidied up. (MAT 12:44)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘sχolazō’ have 2 different glosses: ‘you_all may have_leisure’, ‘being_unoccupied’.

Key: V=verb