verb
apothlibamō
Strong’sG598
I jostle
stem apothlib-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-θλίβω,
[in LXX for לחץ, Nu 22:25*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G598 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
squeeze out, τοὺς ὄρχειςRefs 4th c.BC+; τῆς χώρας from the place, Refs 2nd c.AD+
2 press or force back, τὸ αἷμαRefs 5th c.BC+
3 press tightly, τὰ κράσπεδαRefs 4th c.BC+press upon, crowd, NT
4 crush, LXX
II Grammars, drop a letter in the middle of a word, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III oppress much, LXX+2nd c.AD+passive, πρὸς τὸ τὴν πόλιν ἀποθλιβῆναι Wilcken Refs 2nd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| apothlibalōἀποθλίβουσιν | happening now · theypresent active indicative 3rd person plural | pressing against | 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, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apothlibamō | apothlibame | apothlibami | apothlibama | apothlibamē | apothlibamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | apothlibasō | apothlibase | apothlibasi | apothlibasa | apothlibasē | apothlibaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apothlibatō | apothlibate | apothlibati | apothlibata | apothlibatē | apothlibatelē |
| we 1st person plural | apothlibanō | apothlibane | apothlibani | apothlibana | apothlibanē | apothlibanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | apothlibavō | apothlibave | apothlibavi | apothlibava | apothlibavē | apothlibavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | apothlibalō1×ἀποθλίβουσιν | apothlibale | apothlibali | apothlibala | apothlibalē | apothlibalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apothlibameiō | apothlibameia | apothlibameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | apothlibaseiō | apothlibaseia | apothlibaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apothlibateiō | apothlibateia | apothlibateiē |
| we 1st person plural | apothlibaneiō | apothlibaneia | apothlibaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | apothlibaveiō | apothlibaveia | apothlibaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | apothlibaleiō | apothlibaleia | apothlibaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | apothlibasōr | apothlibasar | apothlibasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apothlibatōr | apothlibatar | apothlibatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | apothlibavōr | apothlibavar | apothlibavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | apothlibalōr | apothlibalar | apothlibalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apothlibamoiō | apothlibamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | apothlibasoiō | apothlibasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apothlibatoiō | apothlibatoia |
| we 1st person plural | apothlibanoiō | apothlibanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | apothlibavoiō | apothlibavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | apothlibaloiō | apothlibaloia |
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 | apothlibarō | apothlibari | apothlibara | apothlibarē |
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 | apothlibarōntos | apothlibarintos | apothlibarantos | apothlibarēntos |
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
apothlib 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
apothlibalō“pressing against”happening now · theypresent active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Luke 8:45… Epistator, tois ochlois sunechalō sin kai apothlibalō.… Peter, “the people are crowding and pressing against You.”