Lexicon
συγκύπτω
sugkuptō
G4794
G:V Greek

to bend

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Sugkupto describes being bent over, unable to straighten up in the woman’s condition.

The attested use describes a woman’s physically bent-over condition, presented as an inability to straighten herself.

Senses in use

  1. Being bent over physically · dominant

    In Luke 13:11, the present active nominative singular feminine participle describes the woman in the clause about her condition; the APB renders her as “bent over” and unable to “straighten up at all.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 13:11, the APB presents the condition as being “bent over” and unable to “straighten up at all.” The term’s precise English correspondence cannot be isolated further.

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