verb
allēgoromō
Strong’sG238
I speak allegorically
stem allēgor-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.
*† ἀλληγορέω, -ῶ
(< ἄλλος, ἀγορεύω),
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
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(ἀγορεύω) interpret allegorically, Ἕλληνες Κρόνον ἀλληγοροῦσι τὸν χρόνονRefs 1st c.AD+:—passive, to be spoken allegorically, NT; ἀλληγορεῖται ἁ Ἀπόλλων εἰς τὸν Ἥλιον, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 absolutely, speak figuratively or metaphorically, Refs 4th c.BC+; speak allegorically, Refs 1st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| allēgororōnteimἀλληγορούμενα | happening now · subjectpresent middle or 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 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | allēgoromō | allēgorome | allēgoromē | allēgoromelē |
| you 2nd person singular | allēgorosō | allēgorose | allēgorosē | allēgoroselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | allēgorotō | allēgorote | allēgorotē | allēgorotelē |
| we 1st person plural | allēgoronō | allēgorone | allēgoronē | allēgoronelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | allēgorovō | allēgorove | allēgorovē | allēgorovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | allēgorolō | allēgorole | allēgorolē | allēgorolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | allēgoromeiō | allēgoromeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | allēgoroseiō | allēgoroseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | allēgoroteiō | allēgoroteiē |
| we 1st person plural | allēgoroneiō | allēgoroneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | allēgoroveiō | allēgoroveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | allēgoroleiō | allēgoroleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | allēgorosōr | allēgorosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | allēgorotōr | allēgorotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | allēgorovōr | allēgorovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | allēgorolōr | allēgorolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | allēgoromoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | allēgorosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | allēgorotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | allēgoronoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | allēgorovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | allēgoroloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | allēgororō | allēgororē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | allēgororōntos1× | allēgororēntos |
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
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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
allēgororōnteim“taken figuratively”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle direct plural neuter1×
Galatians 4:24“taken figuratively”hotineim atō allēgororōnteim; houtais gar alō duo diathēkais, henas …These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is …