verb
apostugamō
Strong’sG655
I detest, abhor
stem apostug-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-στυγέω, -ῶ
(< στυγέω, to hate),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G655 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
aorist 1 -εστύγησαRefs 5th c.BC+(Lyric poetry), -έστυξα Refs 2nd c.AD+: aorist 2 ἀπέστῠγονRefs 3rd c.BC+: perfect with present sense, -εστύγηκαRefs 5th c.BC+:—hate violently, abhor, Hdt.[same place], Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. ὕδωρ (in comparison with wine) Refs 5th c.BC+[same place]: with infinitive, ἀ. γαμβρὸν ἄν οἱ γενέσθαι ἹπποκλείδεαRefs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| apostugarōntoisἀποστυγοῦντες | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine | abhor | 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 | apostugamō | apostugame | apostugami | apostugama | apostugamē | apostugamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | apostugasō | apostugase | apostugasi | apostugasa | apostugasē | apostugaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apostugatō | apostugate | apostugati | apostugata | apostugatē | apostugatelē |
| we 1st person plural | apostuganō | apostugane | apostugani | apostugana | apostuganē | apostuganelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | apostugavō | apostugave | apostugavi | apostugava | apostugavē | apostugavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | apostugalō | apostugale | apostugali | apostugala | apostugalē | apostugalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apostugameiō | apostugameia | apostugameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | apostugaseiō | apostugaseia | apostugaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apostugateiō | apostugateia | apostugateiē |
| we 1st person plural | apostuganeiō | apostuganeia | apostuganeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | apostugaveiō | apostugaveia | apostugaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | apostugaleiō | apostugaleia | apostugaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | apostugasōr | apostugasar | apostugasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apostugatōr | apostugatar | apostugatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | apostugavōr | apostugavar | apostugavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | apostugalōr | apostugalar | apostugalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apostugamoiō | apostugamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | apostugasoiō | apostugasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apostugatoiō | apostugatoia |
| we 1st person plural | apostuganoiō | apostuganoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | apostugavoiō | apostugavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | apostugaloiō | apostugaloia |
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 | apostugarō | apostugari | apostugara | apostugarē |
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 | apostugarōntos1× | apostugarintos | apostugarantos | apostugarēntos |
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
apostug 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
apostugarōntois“abhor”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×
Romans 12:9“abhor”Tas agapas anupokritas. apostugarōntois tem ponērem, kollorōntois te agathe;Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.