SR GNT 1TH 2:17
(P=100) ἐσπουδάσαμεν (espoudasamen) Typical English gloss=‘we were_earnest’
Strongs=47040 Lemma=spoudazō
Word role=verb Morphology=IAA1··P: mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=active person=1st number=plural
Year=54 AD
The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘spoudazō’ have 6 different glosses: ‘I will_be being_earnest’, ‘I was_earnest’, ‘we may be_earnest’, ‘we were_earnest’, ‘be_earnest’, ‘being_earnest’.