verb
aichmalōteuamō
Strong’sG162
I take captive
stem aichmalōteu-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.
† αἰχμαλωτεύω
(< αἰχμάλωτος), [in LXX chiefly for שׁבה;] = αἰχμαλωτίζω, q.v.,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G162 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
= {αἰχμαλωτίζω}, LXX+NT; capture, πλοῦτονRefs 3rd c.AD+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| aichmalōteuataᾐχμαλώτευσεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | led … captive | 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 | aichmalōteuamō | aichmalōteuame | aichmalōteuami | aichmalōteuama | aichmalōteuamē | aichmalōteuamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | aichmalōteuasō | aichmalōteuase | aichmalōteuasi | aichmalōteuasa | aichmalōteuasē | aichmalōteuaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | aichmalōteuatō | aichmalōteuate | aichmalōteuati | aichmalōteuata1×ᾐχμαλώτευσεν | aichmalōteuatē | aichmalōteuatelē |
| we 1st person plural | aichmalōteuanō | aichmalōteuane | aichmalōteuani | aichmalōteuana | aichmalōteuanē | aichmalōteuanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | aichmalōteuavō | aichmalōteuave | aichmalōteuavi | aichmalōteuava | aichmalōteuavē | aichmalōteuavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | aichmalōteualō | aichmalōteuale | aichmalōteuali | aichmalōteuala | aichmalōteualē | aichmalōteualelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | aichmalōteuameiō | aichmalōteuameia | aichmalōteuameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | aichmalōteuaseiō | aichmalōteuaseia | aichmalōteuaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | aichmalōteuateiō | aichmalōteuateia | aichmalōteuateiē |
| we 1st person plural | aichmalōteuaneiō | aichmalōteuaneia | aichmalōteuaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | aichmalōteuaveiō | aichmalōteuaveia | aichmalōteuaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | aichmalōteualeiō | aichmalōteualeia | aichmalōteualeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | aichmalōteuasōr | aichmalōteuasar | aichmalōteuasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | aichmalōteuatōr | aichmalōteuatar | aichmalōteuatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | aichmalōteuavōr | aichmalōteuavar | aichmalōteuavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | aichmalōteualōr | aichmalōteualar | aichmalōteualēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | aichmalōteuamoiō | aichmalōteuamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | aichmalōteuasoiō | aichmalōteuasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | aichmalōteuatoiō | aichmalōteuatoia |
| we 1st person plural | aichmalōteuanoiō | aichmalōteuanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | aichmalōteuavoiō | aichmalōteuavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | aichmalōteualoiō | aichmalōteualoia |
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 | aichmalōteuarō | aichmalōteuari | aichmalōteuara | aichmalōteuarē |
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 | aichmalōteuarōntos | aichmalōteuarintos | aichmalōteuarantos | aichmalōteuarēntos |
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
aichmalōteu 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
aichmalōteuata“led … captive”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Ephesians 4:8dio legatō; Anabainarantos eis hupsem aichmalōteuata aichmalōsian, dōata domeim toi anthrōpoi.… When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to …