verb
adēmonamō
Strong’sG85
I am troubled, distressed
stem adēmon-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** ἀδημονέω, -ῶ (on the derivation, v. MM, VGT, s.v.), [in Aq.: Jb 18:20; Sm.: Ps 60 (61):3 115:2 (116:11), Ec 7:17(16), Ez 3:15*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G85 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidad-ay-mon-eh'-o
to be in distress (of mind)
Fromfrom a derivative of ἀδέω (to be sated to loathing);
King Jamesbe full of heaviness, be very heavy.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
to be sorely troubled or dismayed, be in anguish, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὑπό τινος to be puzzled by.., Refs 4th c.BC+, which is found only as variant in Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| adēmonarōἀδημονεῖν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | troubled | 2× |
| adēmonarōntosἀδημονῶν | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | distressed | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | adēmonamō | adēmoname | adēmonami | adēmonama | adēmonamē | adēmonamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | adēmonasō | adēmonase | adēmonasi | adēmonasa | adēmonasē | adēmonaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | adēmonatō | adēmonate | adēmonati | adēmonata | adēmonatē | adēmonatelē |
| we 1st person plural | adēmonanō | adēmonane | adēmonani | adēmonana | adēmonanē | adēmonanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | adēmonavō | adēmonave | adēmonavi | adēmonava | adēmonavē | adēmonavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | adēmonalō | adēmonale | adēmonali | adēmonala | adēmonalē | adēmonalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | adēmonameiō | adēmonameia | adēmonameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | adēmonaseiō | adēmonaseia | adēmonaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | adēmonateiō | adēmonateia | adēmonateiē |
| we 1st person plural | adēmonaneiō | adēmonaneia | adēmonaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | adēmonaveiō | adēmonaveia | adēmonaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | adēmonaleiō | adēmonaleia | adēmonaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | adēmonasōr | adēmonasar | adēmonasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | adēmonatōr | adēmonatar | adēmonatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | adēmonavōr | adēmonavar | adēmonavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | adēmonalōr | adēmonalar | adēmonalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | adēmonamoiō | adēmonamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | adēmonasoiō | adēmonasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | adēmonatoiō | adēmonatoia |
| we 1st person plural | adēmonanoiō | adēmonanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | adēmonavoiō | adēmonavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | adēmonaloiō | adēmonaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | adēmonarō2×ἀδημονεῖν | adēmonari | adēmonara | adēmonarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | adēmonarōntos1×ἀδημονῶν | adēmonarintos | adēmonarantos | adēmonarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
adēmon is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
adēmonarō“troubled”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive2×
Matthew 26:37“troubled”… duo huioin Zebedaiou archeta luporō kai adēmonarō.… and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.
Mark 14:33… meta autou, kai archeta ekthamborō kai adēmonarō,… John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
adēmonarōntos“distressed”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Philippians 2:26epeidē epipotharōntos ate pantoin vin, kai adēmonarōntos dioti akouava hoti asthenata.… for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.