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Koine Greek wordlink #7102

SR GNT Mat 12:5 βεβηλοῦσιν (bebaʸlousin) ‘temple the day_of_rest are profaning and innocent they are’ Strongs=9530 Lemma=bebēloō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=active person=3rd number=plural
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Corn_on_the_Sabbath

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Only use of identical word form βεβηλοῦσιν (V-IPA3··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘βεβηλοῦσιν’ (V-IPA3··P) is always and only glossed as ‘are profaning’.

Mat 12:5 ‘temple the day_of_rest are profaning and innocent they are’ SR GNT Mat 12:5 word 20

OET-LV: 5 Or you _all_ not _read in the law that on _the days _of _rest the priests in the temple are _profaning the day _of _rest, and they _are innocent? (MAT_12:5)

OET-RV: 5 Or haven’t you understood that when the priests work in the temple on the rest day, it’s against the law, and yet they’re innocent? (MAT 12:5)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘bebēloō’ have 2 different glosses: ‘are profaning’, ‘to profane’.

Key: V=verb