verb
amunomō
Strong’sG292
I defend
stem amun-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.
ἀμύνω,
[in LXX (mid.): Jos 10:13 (נקם), נָקַם), Ps 118:10-12 מוּל hi.), Is 59:16 (ישׁע hi.), Wi 11:3, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G292 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidam-oo'-nom-ahee
to ward off (for oneself), i.e. protect
Frommiddle voice of a primary verb;
King Jamesdefend.
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
Epic dialect imperfect ἄμῡνονRefs 8th c.BC+future ἀμῠνῶ, Ionic dialect -ῠνέωRefs 5th c.BC+: aorist 1 ἤμῡνα, Epic dialect ἄμυνα [ᾰμ] Refs 8th c.BC+: aorist 2, see at {ἀμυνάθω}:—middle, Epic dialect imperfect ἀμυνόμην Refs: future ἀμυνοῦμαι: aorist 1 ἠμυνάμην: aorist 2, see at {ἀμυνάθω}:—passive rare (see. below c):—keep off, ward off, Refs 8th c.BC+ —Construction:
1 with accusative of the person or thing to be kept off, with dative person for or from whom danger averted, Δαναοῖσιν λοιγὸν ἄμυνον ward off ruin from the Danai, Refs 8th c.BC+. b. with dative only, defend, aid, succour, ἀ. ὤρεσσι, σοῖσιν ἔτῃσι, Refs 8th c.BC+; τοιαῦτ᾽ ἀμύνεθ᾽ Ἡρακλεῖ such aid ye give to H., Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. τῇ πόλει, τῷ δήμῳ, Refs 5th c.BC+ —with infinitive added, τοῖς μὲν οὐκ ἠμύνατε σωθῆναι so that they might be saved, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 with accusative et genitive, Τρῶας ἄμυνε νεῶν he kept the Trojans off from the ships, Refs 8th c.BC+ defend the ships, Refs
3 absolutely, succour, χεῖρες ἀμύνειν hands to aid, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀμυνέσθω let him be driven away, Refs 5th c.BC+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| amunetaἠμύνατο | happened · he/she/itaorist middle indicative 3rd person singular | defended | 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
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | amunomō | amunome | amunomē | amunomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | amunosō | amunose | amunosē | amunoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | amunotō | amunote | amunotē | amunotelē |
| we 1st person plural | amunonō | amunone | amunonē | amunonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | amunovō | amunove | amunovē | amunovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | amunolō | amunole | amunolē | amunolelē |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | will happen future | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | amunemi | amunema |
| you 2nd person singular | amunesi | amunesa |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | amuneti | amuneta1×ἠμύνατο |
| we 1st person plural | amuneni | amunena |
| ye 2nd person plural | amunevi | amuneva |
| they 3rd person plural | amuneli | amunela |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | amunomeiō | amunomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | amunoseiō | amunoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | amunoteiō | amunoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | amunoneiō | amunoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | amunoveiō | amunoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | amunoleiō | amunoleiē |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | amunemeia |
| you 2nd person singular | amuneseia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | amuneteia |
| we 1st person plural | amuneneia |
| ye 2nd person plural | amuneveia |
| they 3rd person plural | amuneleia |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | amunosōr | amunosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | amunotōr | amunotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | amunovōr | amunovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | amunolōr | amunolēr |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | amunesar |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | amunetar |
| ye 2nd person plural | amunevar |
| they 3rd person plural | amunelar |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | amunomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | amunosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | amunotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | amunonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | amunovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | amunoloiō |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | amunemoia |
| you 2nd person singular | amunesoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | amunetoia |
| we 1st person plural | amunenoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | amunevoia |
| they 3rd person plural | amuneloia |
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 | amunorō | amunorē | ||
| acts on or for itself middle voice | amuneri | amunera |
Used as an adjective — participle, 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 | amunorōntos | amunorēntos | ||
| acts on or for itself middle voice | amunerintos | amunerantos |
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
amun 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
amuneta“defended”happened · he/she/itaorist middle indicative 3rd person singular1×
Acts 7:24“defended”kai horarantos tinon adikorōnton amuneta kai poiata ekdikēsian to kataponorōnto pataxarantos …And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian …