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Koine Greek wordlink #2053

SR GNT Mat 5:16 λαμψάτω (lampsatō) ‘thus let shine the light of you_all’ Strongs=29890 Lemma=lampō
Word role=verb mood=imperative tense=aorist voice=active person=3rd number=singular
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Sermon_on_the_Mount

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Only use of identical word form λαμψάτω (V-MAA3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘λαμψάτω’ (V-MAA3··S) is always and only glossed as ‘let shine’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘lampō’ have 5 different glosses: ‘is shining’, ‘let shine’, ‘will_be shining’, ‘it is shining’, ‘shined’.

Greek words (1) other than λαμψάτω (V-MAA3··S) with a gloss related to ‘shine’

REV 18:23 φάνῃ (fanaʸ) V-SAA3··S Lemma=fainō ‘of lamp by_no_means not may shine in you anymore’ SR GNT Rev 18:23 word 6

OET-LV: 23 and the_light of _lamp by _no _means not may _shine in you anymore, and the_voice of_a_bridegroom and of_a_bride by _no _means not may _be _heard in you anymore, because the merchants of _you were the magnates of _the earth, because by the sorcery of _you were _deceived all the nations. (REV_18:23)

OET-RV: 23 There definitely won’t be any more lamps illuminating you, nor will there be any more happy wedding sounds. Your merchants were the best in the world because all the nations were deceived by your witchcraft. (REV 18:23)

Key: V=verb