verb
anaskeuazamō
Strong’sG384
I pervert, unsettle, destroy
stem anaskeuaz-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-σκευάζω
(< σκεῦος, a vessel),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G384 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidan-ask-yoo-ad'-zo
properly, to pack up (baggage), i.e. (by implication, and figuratively) to upset
Fromfrom G303 (in the sense of reversal) and a derivative of G4632;
King Jamessubvert.
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
pack up the baggage (τὰ σκεύη), and so, carry away, remove, τὴν ἀγορὰν εἴσωRefs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. τοὺς Ἀθηναίους ἐκ θαλάττης divert them from naval enterprise, Refs 2nd c.AD+:— in middle, break up camp, march away, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 dismantle a place, Refs 5th c.BC+:—in middle, dismantle one's house or city, Refs
3 waste, ravage, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. τὰς συνθήκας break them, Refs 2nd c.BC+:—in middle, τάφονRefs 1st c.AD+
4 passive, to be bankrupt, τῆς τραπέζης ἀνασκευασθείσηςRefs 4th c.BC+; οἱ ἀνεσκευασμένοι τῶν τραπεζιτῶν broken bankers, Refs 5th c.BC+
5 of logicians, demolish opponent's arguments, definitions, etc., opposed to κατασκευάζειν, Refs 4th c.BC+
6 reverse a decision or judgement, Vett. Val.Refsdisturb, opposed to οἰκοδομέω, NT
7 in Medicine texts, remove, νόσονRefs 2nd c.AD+
II build again, remodel, Refs 1st c.BC+:—also in middle, build, οἴκουςRefs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| anaskeuazarōntoisἀνασκευάζοντες | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine | unsettling | 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 | anaskeuazamō | anaskeuazame | anaskeuazami | anaskeuazama | anaskeuazamē | anaskeuazamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | anaskeuazasō | anaskeuazase | anaskeuazasi | anaskeuazasa | anaskeuazasē | anaskeuazaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anaskeuazatō | anaskeuazate | anaskeuazati | anaskeuazata | anaskeuazatē | anaskeuazatelē |
| we 1st person plural | anaskeuazanō | anaskeuazane | anaskeuazani | anaskeuazana | anaskeuazanē | anaskeuazanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | anaskeuazavō | anaskeuazave | anaskeuazavi | anaskeuazava | anaskeuazavē | anaskeuazavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | anaskeuazalō | anaskeuazale | anaskeuazali | anaskeuazala | anaskeuazalē | anaskeuazalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | anaskeuazameiō | anaskeuazameia | anaskeuazameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | anaskeuazaseiō | anaskeuazaseia | anaskeuazaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anaskeuazateiō | anaskeuazateia | anaskeuazateiē |
| we 1st person plural | anaskeuazaneiō | anaskeuazaneia | anaskeuazaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | anaskeuazaveiō | anaskeuazaveia | anaskeuazaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | anaskeuazaleiō | anaskeuazaleia | anaskeuazaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | anaskeuazasōr | anaskeuazasar | anaskeuazasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anaskeuazatōr | anaskeuazatar | anaskeuazatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | anaskeuazavōr | anaskeuazavar | anaskeuazavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | anaskeuazalōr | anaskeuazalar | anaskeuazalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | anaskeuazamoiō | anaskeuazamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | anaskeuazasoiō | anaskeuazasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anaskeuazatoiō | anaskeuazatoia |
| we 1st person plural | anaskeuazanoiō | anaskeuazanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | anaskeuazavoiō | anaskeuazavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | anaskeuazaloiō | anaskeuazaloia |
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 | anaskeuazarō | anaskeuazari | anaskeuazara | anaskeuazarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | anaskeuazarōntos1× | anaskeuazarintos | anaskeuazarantos | anaskeuazarēntos |
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
anaskeuaz 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
anaskeuazarōntois“unsettling”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×
Acts 15:24“unsettling”… ek nu exercharantois tarassala vin logoi anaskeuazarōntois tain psuchain vu hoi ouk diastelena,… that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what …