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Koine Greek wordlink #135975

SR GNT 1Th 3:4 προελέγομεν (proelegomen) ‘with you_all we were we were previously_saying to you_all that we are going’ Strongs=43020 Lemma=prolegō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=active person=1st number=plural
Refers to Word #135253 Refers to Word #135925 Refers to Word #135870 Person=Paul

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Only use of identical word form προελέγομεν (V-IIA1..P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘προελέγομεν’ (V-IIA1..P) is always and only glossed as ‘we were previously_saying’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘prolegō’ have 11 different glosses: ‘has previously_said’, ‘has_been previously_said’, ‘having_been previously_spoken’, ‘I am previously_saying’, ‘I have previously_said’, ‘I have previously_spoken’, ‘I previously_said’, ‘we have previously_said’, ‘we were previously_saying’, ‘we previously_said’, ‘previously_said’.

Greek words (2) other than προελέγομεν (V-IIA1..P) with a gloss related to ‘previously_saying’

2COR 13:2 προλέγω (prolegō) V-IPA1..S ‘I have previously_said and I am previously_saying as being_present the’ SR GNT 2Cor 13:2 word 3

GAL 5:21 προλέγω (prolegō) V-IPA1..S ‘similar things to these which I am previously_saying to you_all as I previously_said’ SR GNT Gal 5:21 word 11

Key: V=verb IIA1..P=indicative,imperfect,active,1st person plural IPA1..S=indicative,present,active,1st person singular