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Koine Greek wordlink #11721

SR GNT Mat 17:14 γονυπετῶν (gonupetōn) ‘approached to him a man kneeling before him’ Strongs=11200 Lemma=gonupeteō
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=present voice=active case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Refers to Word #11720

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Only use of identical word form γονυπετῶν (V-PPA.NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘γονυπετῶν’ (V-PPA.NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘kneeling’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘gonupeteō’ have 3 different glosses: ‘having kneeled’, ‘having knelt’, ‘kneeling’.

Greek words (1) other than γονυπετῶν (V-PPA.NMS) with a gloss related to ‘kneeling’

MARK 15:19 τιθέντες (tithentes) V-PPA.NMP Lemma=tithēmi ‘they were spitting on him and kneeling the knees they were prostrating’ SR GNT Mark 15:19 word 16

Key: V=verb PPA.NMP=participle,present,active,nominative,masculine,plural PPA.NMS=participle,present,active,nominative,masculine,singular