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Koine Greek wordlink #16085

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
Refers to Word #16011 Refers to Word #16014

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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 5

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

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

Key: V=verb IIA3..S=indicative,imperfect,active,3rd person singular IPA3..P=indicative,present,active,3rd person plural IPA3..S=indicative,present,active,3rd person singular PPA.GMP=participle,present,active,genitive,masculine,plural