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Koine Greek wordlink #20477

← γονυπετήσαντες ⌂ → Mat 27 ║ ═

SR GNT Mat 27:29 γονυπετήσαντες (gonupetaʸsantes) ‘right hand of him and having kneeled before him they mocked’ Strongs=11200 Lemma=gonupeteō
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=aorist voice=active case=nominative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=33 AD Refers to Word #20424

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Only use of identical word form γονυπετήσαντες (V-PAA·NMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘γονυπετήσαντες’ (V-PAA·NMP) is always and only glossed as ‘having kneeled’.

Mat 27:29 ‘right hand of him and having kneeled before him they mocked’ SR GNT Mat 27:29 word 25

OET-LV: 29 and having _twisted _together a_crown of thorns, they _put _on it on the head of _him, and a_staff in the right hand of _him, and having _kneeled before him, they _mocked at _him saying: Greetings, the king of _the Youdaiōns. (MAT_27:29)

OET-RV: 29 They twisted together a crown made of strips of thorns and plonked it on his head and made him hold a reed as a staff. Then they knelt down in front of him and mocked him, saying, “Greetings, your majesty, King of the Jews.” (MAT 27:29)

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

Key: V=verb