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ἀπολογέομαι

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaἀπολογέομαι
Citation formἀπολογέομαι
Part of speechverb
GlossI give a defense, defend myself
Strong’sG0626
Transliterationapologéomai
Definitionto give an account (legal plea) of oneself, i.e. exculpate (self)
KJV glosses:--answer (for self), make defence, excuse (self), speak for self.
Derivationmiddle voice from a compound of and
SBLGNT occurrences10

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἀπελογεῖτο
verb, third person, imperfect, middle, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3IMI-S--) — Acts 26:1
ἀπολογεῖσθαι
verb, present, middle, infinitive (MorphGNT -PMN----) — Acts 19:33
verb, present, middle, infinitive (MorphGNT -PMN----) — Acts 26:2
ἀπολογηθῆναι
verb, aorist, passive, infinitive (MorphGNT -APN----) — Luke 21:14
ἀπολογήσησθε
verb, second person, aorist, middle, subjunctive, plural (MorphGNT 2AMS-P--) — Luke 12:11
ἀπολογοῦμαι
verb, first person, present, middle, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1PMI-S--) — Acts 24:10
ἀπολογούμεθα
verb, first person, present, middle, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1PMI-P--) — 2 Corinthians 12:19
ἀπολογουμένου
verb, present, middle, participle, genitive, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PMPGSM-) — Acts 25:8
verb, present, middle, participle, genitive, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PMPGSM-) — Acts 26:24
ἀπολογουμένων
verb, present, middle, participle, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PMPGPM-) — Romans 2:15

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: απολογεομαι.