verb
anapsuchamō
Strong’sG404
I refresh, revive, comfort
stem anapsuch-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.
ἀνα-ψύχω,
[in LXX for נפשׁ ni., חיה, etc. (freq. in sense of revive, refresh oneself);]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G404 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Epic dialect imperfect -εσκονRefs 5th c.AD+:—cool, refresh, ἀήτας Ὠκεανὸς ἀνίησιν ἀναψύχειν ἀνθρώπουςRefs 8th c.BC+; ἀνέψυχον φίλον ἦτορ were reviving their spirit, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἀ. βάτιν cool the feet in water, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be revived, refreshed, ἀνέψυχθεν φίλον ἦτορRefs 8th c.BC+; of the body, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὥστ᾽ ἀνεψύχης [ῠ] Refs 5th c.BC+
2 ναῦς ἀ. let the ships rest and get dry, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. τὸν ἱδρῶτα let it dry off, Refs 1st c.AD+; ἀ. τὰς αὐλαίας dry them, Refs:—passive, to be dried up, Refs 1st c.BC+
3 metaphorically, with genitive, ἀ. πόνων τινά give him relief from toil, NT+5th c.BC+
4 in Medicine texts, expose to air, κατὰ τὸ ἕλκος ἐῶσιν ἀνεψῦχθαιRefs 5th c.BC+; compare ἀναψύχειν· γυμνοῦν, Refs 1st c.AD+
II the active is also used intransitive, become cool, recover, revive, Refs 4th c.BC+; εὗρεν.. δρόμων ἀναψύχουσαν [τὴν ἔλαφον] Refs 2nd c.AD+; take relaxation, Refs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| anapsuchataἀνέψυξεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | refreshed | 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 | anapsuchamō | anapsuchame | anapsuchami | anapsuchama | anapsuchamē | anapsuchamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | anapsuchasō | anapsuchase | anapsuchasi | anapsuchasa | anapsuchasē | anapsuchaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anapsuchatō | anapsuchate | anapsuchati | anapsuchata1×ἀνέψυξεν | anapsuchatē | anapsuchatelē |
| we 1st person plural | anapsuchanō | anapsuchane | anapsuchani | anapsuchana | anapsuchanē | anapsuchanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | anapsuchavō | anapsuchave | anapsuchavi | anapsuchava | anapsuchavē | anapsuchavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | anapsuchalō | anapsuchale | anapsuchali | anapsuchala | anapsuchalē | anapsuchalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | anapsuchameiō | anapsuchameia | anapsuchameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | anapsuchaseiō | anapsuchaseia | anapsuchaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anapsuchateiō | anapsuchateia | anapsuchateiē |
| we 1st person plural | anapsuchaneiō | anapsuchaneia | anapsuchaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | anapsuchaveiō | anapsuchaveia | anapsuchaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | anapsuchaleiō | anapsuchaleia | anapsuchaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | anapsuchasōr | anapsuchasar | anapsuchasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anapsuchatōr | anapsuchatar | anapsuchatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | anapsuchavōr | anapsuchavar | anapsuchavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | anapsuchalōr | anapsuchalar | anapsuchalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | anapsuchamoiō | anapsuchamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | anapsuchasoiō | anapsuchasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anapsuchatoiō | anapsuchatoia |
| we 1st person plural | anapsuchanoiō | anapsuchanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | anapsuchavoiō | anapsuchavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | anapsuchaloiō | anapsuchaloia |
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 | anapsucharō | anapsuchari | anapsuchara | anapsucharē |
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 | anapsucharōntos | anapsucharintos | anapsucharantos | anapsucharēntos |
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
anapsuch 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
anapsuchata“refreshed”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×
2 Timothy 1:16… to Onēsiforou oiko, hoti pollakis min anapsuchata, kai tan halusian mu ouk epaischunita;… of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my …