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Koine Greek wordlink #3128

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SR GNT Mat 6:16 ἀφανίζουσιν (afanizousin) ‘the hypocrites downthrow they are disfiguring for the appearances’ Strongs=8530 Lemma=afanizō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=active person=3rd number=plural
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Sermon_on_the_Mount Refers to Word #3126

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

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

Mat 6:16 ‘the hypocrites downthrow they are disfiguring for the appearances’ SR GNT Mat 6:16 word 12

OET-LV: 16 And whenever you _all _may _be _fasting, be_ not _becoming downthrow like the hypocrites, because/for they _are _disfiguring the appearances of _them, so _that they _may _be _seen by _the people fasting. Truly, I _am _saying to _you _all, they _are _receiving _fully the reward of _them. (MAT_6:16)

OET-RV: 16 “Whenever you people are abstaining from food, don’t look miserable like the hypocrites, because they intentionally try to look awful so that everyone will notice that they’re fasting. I can assure you that they’ve already received their reward in full. (MAT 6:16)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘afanizō’ have 4 different glosses: ‘be perishing’, ‘being perishing’, ‘is destroying’, ‘they are disfiguring’.

Key: V=verb