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Koine Greek wordlink #536

SR GNT Mat 2:4 ἐπυνθάνετο (epunthaneto) ‘scribes of the people he was inquiring from them where’ Strongs=44410 Lemma=punthanomai
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=middle person=3rd number=singular
Refers to Word #519

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Other uses (4) of identical word form ἐπυνθάνετο (V-IIM3..S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐπυνθάνετο’ (V-IIM3..S) is always and only glossed as ‘he was inquiring’.

Luke 15:26 ‘one of the servants he was inquiring what might_be these things’ SR GNT Luke 15:26 word 7

Luke 18:36 ‘and of a crowd passing_through he was inquiring what might_be this’ SR GNT Luke 18:36 word 6

Acts 21:33 ‘with chains two and he was inquiring who he might_be and’ SR GNT Acts 21:33 word 14

Acts 23:19 ‘having withdrawn by himself he was inquiring what is it that’ SR GNT Acts 23:19 word 14

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘punthanomai’ have 7 different glosses: ‘having learned’, ‘to inquire’, ‘to_be inquiring’, ‘I am inquiring’, ‘he was inquiring’, ‘he inquired’, ‘they were inquiring’.

Greek words (4) other than ἐπυνθάνετο (V-IIM3..S) with a gloss related to ‘inquiring’

ACTs 4:7 ἐπυνθάνοντο (epunthanonto) V-IIM3..P ‘in the midst they were inquiring in what power’ SR GNT Acts 4:7 word 7

ACTs 10:18 ἐπυνθάνοντο (epunthanonto) V-IIM3..P ‘and having called they were inquiring if Simōn who is’ SR GNT Acts 10:18 word 3

ACTs 10:29 πυνθάνομαι (punthanomai) V-IPM1..S ‘unquestionably I came having_been sent_for I am inquiring therefore for what statement’ SR GNT Acts 10:29 word 8

ACTs 23:20 πυνθάνεσθαι (punthanesthai) V-NPM.... ‘going something more_exactly to_be inquiring concerning him’ SR GNT Acts 23:20 word 28

Key: V=verb IIM3..P=indicative,imperfect,middle,3rd person plural IIM3..S=indicative,imperfect,middle,3rd person singular IPM1..S=indicative,present,middle,1st person singular NPM....=infinitive,present,middle