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Lexical senses and semantic domains
Sense 1: to be
to possess certain characteristics, whether inherent or transitory
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Sense ID SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-01Source ubs_greek_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 714 (714 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 2: to be
to be identical with
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Sense ID SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-02Source ubs_greek_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 532 (532 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 3: to be, to exist
to exist, in an absolute sense
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Sense ID SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-03Source ubs_greek_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 122 (122 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 4: to be, to happen
to occur, of an event
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Sense ID SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-04Source ubs_greek_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 65 (65 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 5: to be
to be in a place
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Sense ID SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-05Source ubs_greek_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 293 (293 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 6: to be possible
to mark an event as being possible in a highly generic sense
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Sense ID SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-06Source ubs_greek_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 4 (4 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 7: to be
to belong to a particular class
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Sense ID SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-07Source ubs_greek_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 124 (124 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 8: to correspond to, to stand for, to be a figure of, to represent
to correspond to something else in certain significant features
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Sense ID SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-08Source ubs_greek_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 11 (11 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 9: to change, to become
to change from one state to another
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Sense ID SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-09Source ubs_greek_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 6 (6 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 10: to be closely involved with, to be close beside
(an idiom, literally: to be in the bosom of) to be closely and intimately associated, with the implication of strong affection for
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Sense ID SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-10Source ubs_greek_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 4 (4 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 11: to practice, to continue to do, to cultivate
(an idiom, literally: to be in) to continue to perform certain activities with care and concern
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Sense ID SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-11Source ubs_greek_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 2 (2 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 12: to face death, to be likely to die
(an idiom, literally: to be in death) to be in imminent danger of dying
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Sense ID SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-12Source ubs_greek_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 1 (1 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 13: to be great, to be important
(an idiom, literally: to be someone) to be an important person
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Sense ID SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-13Source ubs_greek_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 4 (4 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 14: to be a slave
(an idiom, literally: to be under a yoke) to be in a state of slavery
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Sense ID SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-14Source ubs_greek_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 3 (3 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 15: that is, that means
a marker of an explanation or a clarification in the same or a different language
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Sense ID SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-15Source ubs_greek_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 26 (26 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 16: to be alive
(an idiom, literally: to be in a dwelling, see semantic domain 7.8 ) to be alive, with special emphasis upon physical existence on earth
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Sense ID SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-16Source ubs_greek_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 1 (1 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
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Advanced record identity Lemma ID SDBC-GRK-LEMMA-001525Page model version 1.0 Direction ltr Domain policy Sense-specific only; no lemma-level union