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Koine Greek wordlink #15953

SR GNT Mat 23:5 μεγαλύνουσι (megalunousi) ‘phylacteries of them and they are magnifying their tassels’ Strongs=31700 Lemma=megalunō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=active person=3rd number=plural
Year=33 AD Refers to Word #15877 Refers to Word #15880

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

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

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘megalunō’ have 8 different glosses: ‘is magnifying’, ‘to_be magnified’, ‘was magnifying’, ‘was_being magnified’, ‘will_be_being magnified’, ‘they are magnifying’, ‘magnified’, ‘magnifying’.

Greek words (3) other than μεγαλύνουσι (V-IPA3··P) with a gloss related to ‘magnifying’

LUKE 1:46 μεγαλύνει (megalunei) V-IPA3··S ‘and said Maria/(Miryām) is magnifying the soul of me’ SR GNT Luke 1:46 word 4

OET-LV: 46 And Maria said: The soul of _me is _magnifying the master, (LUK_1:46)

OET-RV: 46 Maria said,
⇔ “My soul praises Yahweh, (LUK 1:46)

ACTs 5:13 ἐμεγάλυνεν (emegalunen) V-IIA3··S ‘to_be_being joined_together to them but was magnifying them the people’ SR GNT Acts 5:13 word 11

OET-LV: 13 But of _the rest no _one was _daring to _be _being _joined _together to _them, but the people was _magnifying them, (ACT_5:13)

OET-RV: 13 but no one else dared to join them. However, the people were talking positively about them (ACT 5:13)

ACTs 10:46 μεγαλυνόντων (megalunontōn) V-PPA·GMP ‘speaking with tongues and magnifying god then answered’ SR GNT Acts 10:46 word 7

OET-LV: 46 For/Because they _were _hearing of _them speaking with _tongues, and magnifying the god. Then Petros answered, (ACT_10:46)

OET-RV: 46 as they heard them speaking in other languages and magnifying God. Then Peter said, (ACT 10:46)

Key: V=verb