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Koine Greek wordlink #29610

SR GNT Mark 9:18 ῥήσσει (ɽaʸssei) ‘wherever him it may grasp it is attacking him and he is foaming’ Strongs=44860 Lemma=rhēssō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=active person=3rd number=singular
Year=32 AD Refers to Word #29601

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

The word form ‘ῥήσσει’ (V-IPA3··S) is always and only glossed as ‘it is attacking’.

Mark 9:18 ‘wherever him it may grasp it is attacking him and he is foaming’ SR GNT Mark 9:18 word 8

OET-LV: 18 And wherever it _may _grasp if him, it _is _attacking him, and he _is _foaming and is _grating his teeth and is _being _paralysed. And I _told to _the apprentices/followers of _you that they _may _throw_ it _out, and they_ not _prevailed. (MRK_9:18)

OET-RV: 18 Whenever it takes hold of him, it attacks him and he starts foaming at the mouth and grating his teeth and his joints lock up. I tried to get your followers to command it to leave but they couldn’t.” (MRK 9:18)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘rhēssō’ have 5 different glosses: ‘will_be bursting’, ‘it is attacking’, ‘they may attack’, ‘attacked’, ‘break_forth’.

Key: V=verb