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Koine Greek wordlink #32026

SR GNT Mark 11:4 λύουσιν (luousin) ‘the street and they are untying it’ Strongs=30890 Lemma=luō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=active person=3rd number=plural
Refers to Word #31933

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

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

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘luō’ have 35 different glosses: ‘being destroyed’, ‘having broken’, ‘having released’, ‘having untied’, ‘having untied them’, ‘having untied/released’, ‘having_been released’, ‘having_been untied/released’, ‘is untying’, ‘may break’, ‘may_be broken’, ‘to break’, ‘to untie’, ‘to_be broken’, ‘to_be released’, ‘to_be untied/released’, ‘was untied/released’, ‘was_being destroyed’, ‘were untied/released’, ‘will_be_being destroyed’, ‘will_be_being released’, ‘I may untie’, ‘he may destroy’, ‘he was breaking’, ‘he released’, ‘they are untying’, ‘you have_been untied/released’, ‘you may untie/release’, ‘you_all are untying’, ‘you_all are untying it’, ‘you_all may untie/release’, ‘destroy’, ‘release’, ‘releasing’, ‘untie’.

Greek words (3) other than λύουσιν (V-IPA3..P) with a gloss related to ‘untying’

LUKE 13:15 λύει (luei) V-IPA3..S ‘on the day_of_rest not is untying the ox of him’ SR GNT Luke 13:15 word 19

LUKE 19:31 λύετε (luete) V-IPA2..P ‘may_be asking for_reason why you_all are untying it thus you_all will_be saying the’ SR GNT Luke 19:31 word 9

LUKE 19:33 λύετε (luete) V-IPA2..P ‘to them why you_all are untying the colt’ SR GNT Luke 19:33 word 14

Key: V=verb IPA2..P=indicative,present,active,2nd person plural IPA3..P=indicative,present,active,3rd person plural IPA3..S=indicative,present,active,3rd person singular