verb
anastenazamō
Strong’sG389
I groan or sigh deeply
stem anastenaz-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-στενάζω,
[in LXX: La 1:4 (אנח ni.), Si 25:18 (17), Da TH Sus 22, II Mac 6:30*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G389 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
={ἀναστένω}, NT+5th c.BC+ such bitter words didst thou groan forth, Refs 5th c.BC+
II with accusative person, groan for, lament, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| anastenazarantosἀναστενάξας | happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine | sighed deeply | 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 | anastenazamō | anastenazame | anastenazami | anastenazama | anastenazamē | anastenazamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | anastenazasō | anastenazase | anastenazasi | anastenazasa | anastenazasē | anastenazaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anastenazatō | anastenazate | anastenazati | anastenazata | anastenazatē | anastenazatelē |
| we 1st person plural | anastenazanō | anastenazane | anastenazani | anastenazana | anastenazanē | anastenazanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | anastenazavō | anastenazave | anastenazavi | anastenazava | anastenazavē | anastenazavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | anastenazalō | anastenazale | anastenazali | anastenazala | anastenazalē | anastenazalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | anastenazameiō | anastenazameia | anastenazameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | anastenazaseiō | anastenazaseia | anastenazaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anastenazateiō | anastenazateia | anastenazateiē |
| we 1st person plural | anastenazaneiō | anastenazaneia | anastenazaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | anastenazaveiō | anastenazaveia | anastenazaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | anastenazaleiō | anastenazaleia | anastenazaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | anastenazasōr | anastenazasar | anastenazasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anastenazatōr | anastenazatar | anastenazatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | anastenazavōr | anastenazavar | anastenazavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | anastenazalōr | anastenazalar | anastenazalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | anastenazamoiō | anastenazamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | anastenazasoiō | anastenazasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anastenazatoiō | anastenazatoia |
| we 1st person plural | anastenazanoiō | anastenazanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | anastenazavoiō | anastenazavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | anastenazaloiō | anastenazaloia |
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 | anastenazarō | anastenazari | anastenazara | anastenazarē |
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 | anastenazarōntos | anastenazarintos | anastenazarantos1×ἀναστενάξας | anastenazarēntos |
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
anastenaz 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
anastenazarantos“sighed deeply”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Mark 8:12kai anastenazarantos te pneume autou legatō; Tinem tas …Jesus sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why …