verb

Greekἀνθομολογέομαι (anthomologeomai)

Biblang

anthomologomō

Strong’sG437

I confess, give thanks to

stem anthomolog-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.

ἀνθ-ομολογέομαι, -οῦμαι

(ἀντί, ὁμολογέομαι), [in LXX: Ps 78 (79):13 (יָדָה), Da LXX 4:34 (שְׁבַּח), I Es 8:91, Si 20:2, III Mac 6:33*;]

1. to make a mutual agreement (Dem., Polyb.).

2. to acknowledge fully, confess (Diod., Polyb., cf. I Es 8:91).

3. C. dat. pers., to declare one's praises, speak fully in prayer or thanksgiving, give thanks to (cf. Ps 78 (79):13): Lk 2:38 (Cremer, 771; MM, VGT, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G437 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidanth-om-ol-og-eh'-om-ahee

to confess in turn, i.e. respond in praise

Fromfrom G473 and the middle voice of G3670;

King Jamesgive thanks.

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

ἀνθομολογ-έομαι,
make a mutual agreement or covenant, πρός τιναRefs 4th c.BC+
II confess freely and openly, τὰς ἀρετάς τινοςRefs 2nd c.BC+
II.2 admit, signify, πρός τινα μηδὲν ἑωρακέναιRefs 1st c.AD+
II.3 assent, agree, τοῖς εἰρημένοιςRefs 2nd c.BC+
II.4 return thanks to God, LXX+NT; χάριν ἀ. return thanks, Refs 1st c.AD+ —active, -λογέω admit a claim, is late, 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.

gave thanks1×

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
anthomologoteἀνθωμολογεῖτο	was happening · he/she/itimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular	gave thanks	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 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	anthomologomō	anthomologome	anthomologomē	anthomologomelē
you 2nd person singular	anthomologosō	anthomologose	anthomologosē	anthomologoselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	anthomologotō	anthomologote1×ἀνθωμολογεῖτο	anthomologotē	anthomologotelē
we 1st person plural	anthomologonō	anthomologone	anthomologonē	anthomologonelē
ye 2nd person plural	anthomologovō	anthomologove	anthomologovē	anthomologovelē
they 3rd person plural	anthomologolō	anthomologole	anthomologolē	anthomologolelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	anthomologomeiō	anthomologomeiē
you 2nd person singular	anthomologoseiō	anthomologoseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	anthomologoteiō	anthomologoteiē
we 1st person plural	anthomologoneiō	anthomologoneiē
ye 2nd person plural	anthomologoveiō	anthomologoveiē
they 3rd person plural	anthomologoleiō	anthomologoleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	anthomologosōr	anthomologosēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	anthomologotōr	anthomologotēr
ye 2nd person plural	anthomologovōr	anthomologovēr
they 3rd person plural	anthomologolōr	anthomologolēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present
I 1st person singular	anthomologomoiō
you 2nd person singular	anthomologosoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singular	anthomologotoiō
we 1st person plural	anthomologonoiō
ye 2nd person plural	anthomologovoiō
they 3rd person plural	anthomologoloiō

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	anthomologorō			anthomologorē

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	anthomologorōntos			anthomologorēntos

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

anthomologstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

anthomolog 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

anthomologote“gave thanks”was happening · he/she/itimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular1×

Luke 2:38kai auta ta hōra epistēarantas anthomologote to theo kai lalate peri autou …Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the …