verb
apomassomō
Strong’sG631
I wipe off
stem apomass-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.
** ἀπο-μάσσω
(< μάσσω, Att. -ττω, to touch, handle), [in LXX: To 7:17*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G631 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidap-om-as'-som-ahee
to scrape away
Frommiddle voice from G575 and μάσσω (to squeeze, knead, smear);
King Jameswipe off.
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
Attic dialect ἀπομάττω, wipe off, δάκρυα χλαμύδιRefs 2nd c.BC+:—middle, wipe off oneself, ὕδατος ἄχνηνNT+3rd c.BC+; wipe, τι Refs: absolutely, dry oneself, Refs 4th c.AD+
2 wipe clean, especially in magical ceremonies, ἀπομάττων [αὐτοὺς] τῷ πηλῷ καὶ τοῖς πιτύροιςRefs 4th c.BC+: —middle, wipe for oneself, Ἀχιλλείων ἀπομάττει you wipe your hands on the finest bread, Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, wipe one's mouth, Refs 3rd c.BC+; of a serpent, ἀ. τὸν ἰόν get rid of its poison, Refs 4th c.BC+
II wipe off or level corn in a measure with a strickle: hence χοίνικα ἀ. give scant measure, Refs 2nd c.AD+; κενεὰν ἀπομάξαι (i.e. χοίνικα) level an empty measure, i.e. labour in vain, Refs 3rd c.BC+
III take an impression of, ἔν τισι τῶν μαλακῶν σχήματα ἀ.Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, model, as a sculptor, Refs 3rd c.BC+: metaphorically, take impressions, ὅθεν ἡμὴ φρὴν ἀπομαξαμένηRefs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. παρ᾽ ἀλλήλων one from another, Refs 4th c.BC+: generally, copy, imitate, Refs 1st c.BC+: with genitive, model oneself upon, Refs 3rd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| apomassonōἀπομασσόμεθα | happening now · wepresent middle or passive indicative 1st person plural | wipe off | 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 | apomassomō | apomassome | apomassomē | apomassomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | apomassosō | apomassose | apomassosē | apomassoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apomassotō | apomassote | apomassotē | apomassotelē |
| we 1st person plural | apomassonō1×ἀπομασσόμεθα | apomassone | apomassonē | apomassonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | apomassovō | apomassove | apomassovē | apomassovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | apomassolō | apomassole | apomassolē | apomassolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apomassomeiō | apomassomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | apomassoseiō | apomassoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apomassoteiō | apomassoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | apomassoneiō | apomassoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | apomassoveiō | apomassoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | apomassoleiō | apomassoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | apomassosōr | apomassosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apomassotōr | apomassotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | apomassovōr | apomassovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | apomassolōr | apomassolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apomassomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | apomassosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apomassotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | apomassonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | apomassovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | apomassoloiō |
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 | apomassorō | apomassorē |
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 | apomassorōntos | apomassorēntos |
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
apomass 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
apomassonō“wipe off”happening now · wepresent middle or passive indicative 1st person plural1×
Luke 10:11… tau polau vu eis toin podoin apomassonō vi; plēn houtem gnōskavōr hoti engizatē …… that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet …