GreekG5600Verb
ὦ
ō
“may be”
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G5600Strong's #
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Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
(may, might, can, could, would, should, must, etc.; also with G1487 (εἰ) and its comparative, as well as with other particles) be
the subjunctive of G1510 (εἰμί);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be.
I
As substantive verb.
1.Of persons and things, to be, exist
2.Of times, events, etc., to be, happen, take place
3.to be present, be in a place, have come
4.Impers., ἔστι, ἦν, etc.
(a)there is (Fr. il y a), was, etc.
(b)with inf., = *ἔξεστιν *(which see), it is possible
II
As copula uniting subject and predicate.
1.Expressing simply identity or equivalence
2.Explicative, as in parable, figure, type, etc.
3.C. genitive
4.C. dative (BL, §37, 3)
5.C. ptcp., as a periphrasis for the simple verb
(a)with ptcp. pf.
(b)with ptcp. pr. (esp. in impf., as in Heb. and Aram.; Dalman, Words, 35 f.)
(with)with ptcp. aor. (cl)
6.Seq. εἰς, a vernac. usage
7.C. adv.
8.Ellipses
(a)of the copula
(b)of the predicate
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Greek Verb
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ὦ appears 0 times in the New Testament.
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