verb
apotinassamō
Strong’sG660
I shake off
stem apotinass-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 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-τινάσσω,
[in LXX: Jg 16:20 A (נער ni.), I Ki 10:2 (נטשׁ), La 2:7 (נאר pi.)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G660 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidap-ot-in-as'-so
to brush off
Fromfrom G575 and τινάσσω (to jostle);
King Jamesshake 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
shake off, Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, ἀποτινάξασθαιRefs 2nd c.AD+; ἀποτετίνακται τὸ ῥῆμα τῶν ὄνων has got rid of it, LXX
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| apotinassavōrἀποτινάσσετε | happening now · yepresent active imperative 2nd person plural | shake off | 1× |
| apotinassarantosἀποτινάξας | happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine | shook 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 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 | apotinassamō | apotinassame | apotinassami | apotinassama | apotinassamē | apotinassamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | apotinassasō | apotinassase | apotinassasi | apotinassasa | apotinassasē | apotinassaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apotinassatō | apotinassate | apotinassati | apotinassata | apotinassatē | apotinassatelē |
| we 1st person plural | apotinassanō | apotinassane | apotinassani | apotinassana | apotinassanē | apotinassanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | apotinassavō | apotinassave | apotinassavi | apotinassava | apotinassavē | apotinassavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | apotinassalō | apotinassale | apotinassali | apotinassala | apotinassalē | apotinassalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apotinassameiō | apotinassameia | apotinassameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | apotinassaseiō | apotinassaseia | apotinassaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apotinassateiō | apotinassateia | apotinassateiē |
| we 1st person plural | apotinassaneiō | apotinassaneia | apotinassaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | apotinassaveiō | apotinassaveia | apotinassaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | apotinassaleiō | apotinassaleia | apotinassaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | apotinassasōr | apotinassasar | apotinassasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apotinassatōr | apotinassatar | apotinassatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | apotinassavōr1×ἀποτινάσσετε | apotinassavar | apotinassavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | apotinassalōr | apotinassalar | apotinassalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apotinassamoiō | apotinassamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | apotinassasoiō | apotinassasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apotinassatoiō | apotinassatoia |
| we 1st person plural | apotinassanoiō | apotinassanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | apotinassavoiō | apotinassavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | apotinassaloiō | apotinassaloia |
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 | apotinassarō | apotinassari | apotinassara | apotinassarē |
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 | apotinassarōntos | apotinassarintos | apotinassarantos1×ἀποτινάξας | apotinassarēntos |
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
apotinass 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
apotinassavōr“shake off”happening now · yepresent active imperative 2nd person plural1×
Luke 9:5“shake off”… ton koniorton apo toiu podoiu vu apotinassavōr eis marturiem epi autoin.… you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that town, as a testimony against them.”
apotinassarantos“shook off”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Acts 28:5“shook off”tos men oun apotinassarantos tem thērem eis tem purem paschata …… Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill …