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Koine Greek wordlink #152016

SR GNT 2Pet 2:5 ἐφύλαξεν (efulaxen) ‘Nōe/(Noaḩ) of righteousness a proclaimer preserved the flood upon the world of the ungodly’ Strongs=54420 Lemma=fulassō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=active person=3rd number=singular

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Only use of identical word form ἐφύλαξεν (V-IAA3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐφύλαξεν’ (V-IAA3··S) is always and only glossed as ‘preserved’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘fulassō’ have 24 different glosses: ‘are keeping’, ‘be guarding’, ‘be keeping’, ‘being guarded’, ‘may keep them’, ‘may_be guarding’, ‘may_be keeping’, ‘to guard’, ‘to keep’, ‘to_be guarding’, ‘to_be keeping’, ‘to_be_being guarded’, ‘will_be keeping’, ‘will_be keeping you_all’, ‘I guarded them’, ‘I kept’, ‘you may keep’, ‘guard’, ‘guarding’, ‘keep’, ‘keeping’, ‘keeping it’, ‘kept it’, ‘preserved’.

Greek words (1) other than ἐφύλαξεν (V-IAA3··S) with a gloss related to ‘preserved’

MAT 9:17 συντηροῦνται (suntaʸrountai) V-IPP3··P Lemma=suntēreō ‘new and both are_being preserved’ SR GNT Mat 9:17 word 46

Key: V=verb