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Koine Greek wordlink #36523

SR GNT Mark 15:36 καθελεῖν (kathelein) ‘if is coming Aʸlias/(ʼĒliy^yāh) to take_down him’ Strongs=25070 Lemma=kathaireō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=active
Year=33 AD Refers to Word #36522 Person=Elijah

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Only use of identical word form καθελεῖν (V-NAA····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘καθελεῖν’ (V-NAA····) is always and only glossed as ‘to take_down’.

Mark 15:36 ‘if is coming Aʸlias/(ʼĒliy^yāh) to take_down him’ SR GNT Mark 15:36 word 25

OET-LV: 36 And someone having _run, and having _filled a_sponge with _wine _vinegar having _put _around around_a_reed, was _giving_ him _to _drink saying: Leave it, we _may _see if Aʸlias is _coming to _take_ him _down. (MRK_15:36)

OET-RV: 36 One of them ran, and soaked a sponge in some sour wine, then put it on a stick and held it up for Yeshua to drink, saying, “Hang on. Let’s see if Eliyah does come to get him down.” (MRK 15:36)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kathaireō’ have 8 different glosses: ‘having taken_down’, ‘having taken_down him’, ‘having taken_down it’, ‘to take_down’, ‘to_be_being taken_down’, ‘I will_be taking_down’, ‘he took_down’, ‘taking_down’.

Key: V=verb