verb
afrizamō
Strong’sG875
I foam at the mouth
stem afriz-2 times in the New Testament2 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.
* ἀφρίζω
(< ἀφρός),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G875 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidaf-rid'-zo
to froth at the mouth (in epilepsy)
Fromfrom G876;
King Jamesfoam.
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
={ἀφρέω}, foam, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a wine-cup, Refs 4th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| afrizatōἀφρίζει | happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular | foams | 1× |
| afrizarōntosἀφρίζων | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | foaming at the mouth | 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, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | afrizamō | afrizame | afrizami | afrizama | afrizamē | afrizamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | afrizasō | afrizase | afrizasi | afrizasa | afrizasē | afrizaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | afrizatō1×ἀφρίζει | afrizate | afrizati | afrizata | afrizatē | afrizatelē |
| we 1st person plural | afrizanō | afrizane | afrizani | afrizana | afrizanē | afrizanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | afrizavō | afrizave | afrizavi | afrizava | afrizavē | afrizavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | afrizalō | afrizale | afrizali | afrizala | afrizalē | afrizalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | afrizameiō | afrizameia | afrizameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | afrizaseiō | afrizaseia | afrizaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | afrizateiō | afrizateia | afrizateiē |
| we 1st person plural | afrizaneiō | afrizaneia | afrizaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | afrizaveiō | afrizaveia | afrizaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | afrizaleiō | afrizaleia | afrizaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | afrizasōr | afrizasar | afrizasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | afrizatōr | afrizatar | afrizatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | afrizavōr | afrizavar | afrizavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | afrizalōr | afrizalar | afrizalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | afrizamoiō | afrizamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | afrizasoiō | afrizasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | afrizatoiō | afrizatoia |
| we 1st person plural | afrizanoiō | afrizanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | afrizavoiō | afrizavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | afrizaloiō | afrizaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | afrizarō | afrizari | afrizara | afrizarē |
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 | afrizarōntos1×ἀφρίζων | afrizarintos | afrizarantos | afrizarēntos |
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
afriz 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
afrizatō“foams”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Mark 9:18… ean auton katalabateia rēgatō auton, kai afrizatō kai trizatō toin odontoin kai xēranotō; …… throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth …
afrizarōntos“foaming at the mouth”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Mark 9:20… kai piptarantos epi tau gēau kuliote afrizarōntos.… to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.