verb

allēgorimō

Greekἀλληγορέω (allēgoreō)

Strong’sG238

I speak allegorically

stem allēgor-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

taken figuratively1×

What it means

*† ἀλληγορέω, -ῶ

(< ἄλλος, ἀγορεύω),

to speak allegorically (Cremer, 96 ff.): Ga 4:24.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G238 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidal-lay-gor-eh'-o

to allegorize

Fromfrom G243 and ἀγορέω (to harangue (compare G58));

King Jamesbe an allegory (the Greek word itself).

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
allēgorirōteimἀλληγορούμενα	happening now · subjectpresent passive participle direct plural neuter	taken figuratively	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	allēgorimō	allēgorime	allēgorimi	allēgorima	allēgorimē	allēgorimelē
you 2nd person singular	allēgorisō	allēgorise	allēgorisi	allēgorisa	allēgorisē	allēgoriselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	allēgoritō	allēgorite	allēgoriti	allēgorita	allēgoritē	allēgoritelē
we 1st person plural	allēgorinō	allēgorine	allēgorini	allēgorina	allēgorinē	allēgorinelē
ye 2nd person plural	allēgorivō	allēgorive	allēgorivi	allēgoriva	allēgorivē	allēgorivelē
they 3rd person plural	allēgorilō	allēgorile	allēgorili	allēgorila	allēgorilē	allēgorilelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	allēgorimeiō	allēgorimeia	allēgorimeiē
you 2nd person singular	allēgoriseiō	allēgoriseia	allēgoriseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	allēgoriteiō	allēgoriteia	allēgoriteiē
we 1st person plural	allēgorineiō	allēgorineia	allēgorineiē
ye 2nd person plural	allēgoriveiō	allēgoriveia	allēgoriveiē
they 3rd person plural	allēgorileiō	allēgorileia	allēgorileiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	allēgorisōr	allēgorisar	allēgorisēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	allēgoritōr	allēgoritar	allēgoritēr
ye 2nd person plural	allēgorivōr	allēgorivar	allēgorivēr
they 3rd person plural	allēgorilōr	allēgorilar	allēgorilēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	allēgorimoiō	allēgorimoia
you 2nd person singular	allēgorisoiō	allēgorisoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	allēgoritoiō	allēgoritoia
we 1st person plural	allēgorinoiō	allēgorinoia
ye 2nd person plural	allēgorivoiō	allēgorivoia
they 3rd person plural	allēgoriloiō	allēgoriloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acted on passive voice	allēgorirō	allēgoriri	allēgorira	allēgorirē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acted on passive voice	allēgorirōtos1×	allēgoriritos	allēgoriratos	allēgorirētos

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

allēgorstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

allēgor 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

allēgorirōteim“taken figuratively”happening now · subjectpresent passive participle direct plural neuter1×

Galatians 4:24“taken figuratively”hotineim atō allēgorirōteim; houtais gar alō duo diathēkais, henas men apo oreu Sina, eis douleian gennarōtas, hotinas atō Hagar,These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.