verb
agathourgamō
Strong’sG14
I perform good deeds
stem agathourg-once in the New Testament1 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.
*† ἀγαθουργέω, -ῶ, contracted form (rare, v. WH, App., 145) of ἀγαθοερ- (q.v.),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G14 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
do good or well, NT: contraction ἀγαθουργέω, NT
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| agathourgarōntosἀγαθουργῶν | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | did good | 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 | agathourgamō | agathourgame | agathourgami | agathourgama | agathourgamē | agathourgamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | agathourgasō | agathourgase | agathourgasi | agathourgasa | agathourgasē | agathourgaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | agathourgatō | agathourgate | agathourgati | agathourgata | agathourgatē | agathourgatelē |
| we 1st person plural | agathourganō | agathourgane | agathourgani | agathourgana | agathourganē | agathourganelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | agathourgavō | agathourgave | agathourgavi | agathourgava | agathourgavē | agathourgavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | agathourgalō | agathourgale | agathourgali | agathourgala | agathourgalē | agathourgalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | agathourgameiō | agathourgameia | agathourgameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | agathourgaseiō | agathourgaseia | agathourgaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | agathourgateiō | agathourgateia | agathourgateiē |
| we 1st person plural | agathourganeiō | agathourganeia | agathourganeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | agathourgaveiō | agathourgaveia | agathourgaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | agathourgaleiō | agathourgaleia | agathourgaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | agathourgasōr | agathourgasar | agathourgasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | agathourgatōr | agathourgatar | agathourgatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | agathourgavōr | agathourgavar | agathourgavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | agathourgalōr | agathourgalar | agathourgalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | agathourgamoiō | agathourgamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | agathourgasoiō | agathourgasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | agathourgatoiō | agathourgatoia |
| we 1st person plural | agathourganoiō | agathourganoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | agathourgavoiō | agathourgavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | agathourgaloiō | agathourgaloia |
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 | agathourgarō | agathourgari | agathourgara | agathourgarē |
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 | agathourgarōntos1×ἀγαθουργῶν | agathourgarintos | agathourgarantos | agathourgarēntos |
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
agathourg 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.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
agathourgarōntos“did good”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Acts 14:17“did good”kaitoi ouk amarturon heauton afiēkata agathourgarōntos, ouranothen vi huetoin dōarōntos kai kairoin …Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your …