τίς εἴη 3 pers. pl pres. imper. τοῦ λόγου προσκυνέω;

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τίς εἴη 3 pers. pl pres. imper. τοῦ λόγου προσκυνέω;

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τίς εἴη 3 pers. pl pres. imper. τοῦ λόγου προσκυνέω;

ἠ δε μορφή προσκυνειτωσαν εἴη῾ἤ ἔτερας;

Corrections to my Greek are always welcome!
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Scott Lawson wrote:τίς εἴη 3 pers. pl pres. imper. τοῦ λόγου προσκυνέω;

ἠ δε μορφή προσκυνειτωσαν εἴη῾ἤ ἔτερας;

Corrections to my Greek are always welcome!
Firstly "προσκυνεω" never appears in actual Koine Greek. It is listed in that way in lexicons only to tell you that the verb stem ends in "ε", but in conjugation the vowel in the personal ending and the stem vowel contract: ( προς + κυνε ) + ω -> προσκυνω. And if you meant "the word" as its object, I think it should be "τω λογω". I don't think Other than those, I cannot figure out what you are trying to say. One way I can suggest that you can construct your own sentences is to take phrases from existing texts like the new testament or LXX. And you can of course provide also the English version of what you are trying to say. :)
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Re: τίς εἴη 3 pers. pl pres. imper. τοῦ λόγου προσκυνέω;

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What would the 3rd person plural present imperative be of the word PROSKYNEW?
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Scott Lawson wrote:What would the 3rd person plural present imperative be of the word PROSKYNEW?
( προς + κυνε ) + ε + τωσαν = προσκυνειτωσαν (which is as you wrote)
You can check LSJ to see if you got a form correct, but there might be false negatives because LSJ does not have every single possible form.
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The 3rd pers pl. pres imper of προσκυνεω evidently does not appear in the NT. Would that form be an available choice for NT writers? Would that be in their mental lexicon? Maybe that last question is a bit too subjective to answer.
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Scott Lawson wrote:The 3rd pers pl. pres imper of προσκυνεω evidently does not appear in the NT. Would that form be an available choice for NT writers? Would that be in their mental lexicon? Maybe that last question is a bit too subjective to answer.
I assume that the standard conjugations are perfectly fine for NT writers to use, whether or not they use it. Generally imperatives are common in the 2nd person and not so common in 3rd person plural.
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