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Koine Greek wordlink #35393

SR GNT Mark 14:51 κρατοῦσιν (kratousin) ‘over his naked body and they are apprehending him’ Strongs=29020 Lemma=krateō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=active person=3rd number=plural
Year=33 AD Refers to Word #35234

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

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

Mark 14:51 ‘over his naked body and they are apprehending him’ SR GNT Mark 14:51 word 20

OET-LV: 51 And a_ certain _young _man was _accompanying with _him, having _been _clothed a_linen _cloth over ^his_naked body. And they _are _apprehending him, (MRK_14:51)

OET-RV: 51 One young fellow was wearing a single linen robe, and when the crowd tried to grab him, (MRK 14:51)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘krateō’ have 28 different glosses: ‘be taking_hold_of’, ‘having apprehended’, ‘having taken_hold’, ‘to apprehend’, ‘to take_hold_of’, ‘to_be taking_hold_of’, ‘to_be_being restrained’, ‘to_have taken_hold’, ‘were_being restrained’, ‘will_be taking_hold_of’, ‘he apprehended’, ‘he took_hold’, ‘they are apprehending’, ‘they have_been restrained’, ‘they may apprehend’, ‘they apprehended’, ‘they took_hold_of’, ‘we may_be taking_hold’, ‘we apprehended’, ‘you are taking_hold_of’, ‘you_all are taking_hold_of’, ‘you_all may_be restraining’, ‘you_all apprehended’, ‘apprehend’, ‘apprehended’, ‘take_hold_of’, ‘taking_hold_of’, ‘took_hold_of’.

Key: V=verb