verb
angareuamō
Strong’sG29
I impress, send
stem angareu-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 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.
* ἀγγαρεύω (from the Persian; cf. Vg. angiare, and the Heb. אִגֶרֶת; on the orthogr., v. Bl., §6, 1; M, Pr., 46),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G29 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidang-ar-yew'-o
properly, to be a courier, i.e. (by implication) to press into public service
Fromof foreign origin (compare );
King Jamescompel (to go).
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
press one to serve as an ἄγγαρος, generally, press into service, NT.Matt.5.41,Refs 3rd c.BC+:—passive, to be pressed into service, Refs 4th c.BC+: metaphorically, to be constrained, Refs 6th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| angareualōἀγγαρεύουσιν | happening now · theypresent active indicative 3rd person plural | forced | 1× |
| angareuatiἀγγαρεύσει | will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular | forces … togo | 1× |
| angareualaἠγγάρευσαν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | forced | 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, 3 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | angareuamō | angareuame | angareuami | angareuama | angareuamē | angareuamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | angareuasō | angareuase | angareuasi | angareuasa | angareuasē | angareuaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | angareuatō | angareuate | angareuati1×ἀγγαρεύσει | angareuata | angareuatē | angareuatelē |
| we 1st person plural | angareuanō | angareuane | angareuani | angareuana | angareuanē | angareuanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | angareuavō | angareuave | angareuavi | angareuava | angareuavē | angareuavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | angareualō1×ἀγγαρεύουσιν | angareuale | angareuali | angareuala1×ἠγγάρευσαν | angareualē | angareualelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | angareuameiō | angareuameia | angareuameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | angareuaseiō | angareuaseia | angareuaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | angareuateiō | angareuateia | angareuateiē |
| we 1st person plural | angareuaneiō | angareuaneia | angareuaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | angareuaveiō | angareuaveia | angareuaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | angareualeiō | angareualeia | angareualeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | angareuasōr | angareuasar | angareuasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | angareuatōr | angareuatar | angareuatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | angareuavōr | angareuavar | angareuavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | angareualōr | angareualar | angareualēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | angareuamoiō | angareuamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | angareuasoiō | angareuasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | angareuatoiō | angareuatoia |
| we 1st person plural | angareuanoiō | angareuanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | angareuavoiō | angareuavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | angareualoiō | angareualoia |
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 | angareuarō | angareuari | angareuara | angareuarē |
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 | angareuarōntos | angareuarintos | angareuarantos | angareuarēntos |
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
angareu 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.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
angareualō“forced”happening now · theypresent active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Mark 15:21Kai angareualō paragarōnton tinon Simōnon Kurēnaion erchorōnton apo …… from the country, and the soldiers forced him to carry the cross of …
angareuati“forces … togo”will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Matthew 5:41kai hotinos sin angareuati miliem henem, hupagasōr meta autou duo.and if someone forces you to go one mile, go …
angareuala“forced”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Matthew 27:32… heuriskala anthrōpon Kurēnaion onome Simōnon; houton angareuala hina airateia ton stauron autou.… from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of …