verb
apotolmamō
Strong’sG662
I assume boldness
stem apotolm-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-τολμάω, -ῶ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G662 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
make a bold venture upon, τινίRefs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, ἀ. ἐπιχειρῆσαιRefs 5th c.BC+ —perfect participle passive in active sense, δι᾽ ἐλευθερίας λίαν ἀποτετολμημένης too presumptuous liberty, NT+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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| apotolmatōἀποτολμᾷ | happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular | very bold | 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 | apotolmamō | apotolmame | apotolmami | apotolmama | apotolmamē | apotolmamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | apotolmasō | apotolmase | apotolmasi | apotolmasa | apotolmasē | apotolmaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apotolmatō1×ἀποτολμᾷ | apotolmate | apotolmati | apotolmata | apotolmatē | apotolmatelē |
| we 1st person plural | apotolmanō | apotolmane | apotolmani | apotolmana | apotolmanē | apotolmanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | apotolmavō | apotolmave | apotolmavi | apotolmava | apotolmavē | apotolmavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | apotolmalō | apotolmale | apotolmali | apotolmala | apotolmalē | apotolmalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apotolmameiō | apotolmameia | apotolmameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | apotolmaseiō | apotolmaseia | apotolmaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apotolmateiō | apotolmateia | apotolmateiē |
| we 1st person plural | apotolmaneiō | apotolmaneia | apotolmaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | apotolmaveiō | apotolmaveia | apotolmaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | apotolmaleiō | apotolmaleia | apotolmaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | apotolmasōr | apotolmasar | apotolmasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apotolmatōr | apotolmatar | apotolmatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | apotolmavōr | apotolmavar | apotolmavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | apotolmalōr | apotolmalar | apotolmalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apotolmamoiō | apotolmamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | apotolmasoiō | apotolmasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apotolmatoiō | apotolmatoia |
| we 1st person plural | apotolmanoiō | apotolmanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | apotolmavoiō | apotolmavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | apotolmaloiō | apotolmaloia |
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 | apotolmarō | apotolmari | apotolmara | apotolmarē |
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 | apotolmarōntos | apotolmarintos | apotolmarantos | apotolmarēntos |
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
apotolm 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
apotolmatō“very bold”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Romans 10:20“very bold”Ēsaios de apotolmatō kai legatō; Heuriskima en toi min …And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed …