verb
agreuamō
Strong’sG64
I catch, capture
stem agreu-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.
† ἀγρεύω (ἄγρα),
[in LXX: Jb 10:16, Pr 5:22 6:25, 26, Ho 5:2 (לקח ni., שׁחט, etc.)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G64 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidag-rew'-o
to hunt, i.e. (figuratively) to entrap
Fromfrom G61;
King Jamescatch.
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
future εύσω Refs 3rd c.BC+: aorist ἤγρευσαRefs 5th c.BC+ — middle, see below:—passive, aorist ἠγρεύθην Refs, see below: (ἀγρεύς):—take by hunting or fishing, catch, ἰχθῦςRefs 5th c.BC+; of war, φιλεῖ.. ἄνδρας.. ἀγρεύειν νέουςRefs 5th c.BC+ —also in middle, θύματ᾽ ἠγρεύσασθε ye caught or chose your victim, Refs 5th c.BC+; τί μοι ξίφος ἐκ χερὸς ἠγρεύσω; why didst thou snatch.. ? Refs:—passive, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 metaphorically, hunt after, thirst for, αἷμαRefs 5th c.BC+; σὰν (i.e. Ἀρετᾶς) ἀ. δύναμινRefs 4th c.BC+; but ἀγρεύειν τινὰ λόγῳ to catch by his words, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| agreualeiaἀγρεύσωσιν | happened · theyaorist active subjunctive 3rd person plural | trap | 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 | agreuamō | agreuame | agreuami | agreuama | agreuamē | agreuamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | agreuasō | agreuase | agreuasi | agreuasa | agreuasē | agreuaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | agreuatō | agreuate | agreuati | agreuata | agreuatē | agreuatelē |
| we 1st person plural | agreuanō | agreuane | agreuani | agreuana | agreuanē | agreuanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | agreuavō | agreuave | agreuavi | agreuava | agreuavē | agreuavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | agreualō | agreuale | agreuali | agreuala | agreualē | agreualelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | agreuameiō | agreuameia | agreuameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | agreuaseiō | agreuaseia | agreuaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | agreuateiō | agreuateia | agreuateiē |
| we 1st person plural | agreuaneiō | agreuaneia | agreuaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | agreuaveiō | agreuaveia | agreuaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | agreualeiō | agreualeia1×ἀγρεύσωσιν | agreualeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | agreuasōr | agreuasar | agreuasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | agreuatōr | agreuatar | agreuatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | agreuavōr | agreuavar | agreuavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | agreualōr | agreualar | agreualēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | agreuamoiō | agreuamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | agreuasoiō | agreuasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | agreuatoiō | agreuatoia |
| we 1st person plural | agreuanoiō | agreuanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | agreuavoiō | agreuavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | agreualoiō | agreualoia |
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 | agreuarō | agreuari | agreuara | agreuarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | agreuarōntos | agreuarintos | agreuarantos | agreuarēntos |
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
agreu 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
agreualeia“trap”happened · theyaorist active subjunctive 3rd person plural1×
Mark 12:13“trap”… Farisaioiu kai toiu Hērōdianoiu hina auton agreualeia logo.… of the Pharisees and Herodians to catch Jesus in His words.