verb
aristamō
Strong’sG709
I breakfast, dine
stem arist-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 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.
ἀριστάω, -ῶ
(< ἄριστον), [in LXX: Ge 43:25 (לֶחֶם אָכַל), I Ki 14:24 (לחם), III Ki 13:7 (סעד), To 2:1*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G709 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidar-is-tah'-o
to take the principle meal
Fromfrom G712;
King Jamesdine.
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
infinitive ἀριστᾶν, Ionic dialect -ῆνRefs 5th c.BC+: perfect ἠρίστηκαRefs 5th c.BC+; of this tense the Comedy texts also used I plural ἠρίσταμενRefs 5th c.BC+, infinitive ἠριστάναιRefs 5th c.BC+ — passive, perfect ἠρίστημαι, see below [ᾱρ Refs 5th c.BC+; ᾰρ only late, Refs 6th c.AD+]:—take the ἄριστον or midday meal, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἠρίστων, opposed to ἐδείπνουν, Refs 5th c.BC+: with accusative of things, breakfast on, ἴα καὶ ῥόδαRefs 5th c.BC+: perfect passive impersonal, ἠρίστηται δ᾽ ἐξαρκούντωςRefs 5th c.BC+
2 eat a second meal, opposed to μονοσιτέω, Refs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| aristalaἠρίστησαν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | eaten breakfast | 1× |
| aristateiaἀριστήσῃ | happened · he/she/itaorist active subjunctive 3rd person singular | dine | 1× |
| aristavarἀριστήσατε | happened · yeaorist active imperative 2nd person plural | have breakfast | 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 | aristamō | aristame | aristami | aristama | aristamē | aristamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | aristasō | aristase | aristasi | aristasa | aristasē | aristaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | aristatō | aristate | aristati | aristata | aristatē | aristatelē |
| we 1st person plural | aristanō | aristane | aristani | aristana | aristanē | aristanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | aristavō | aristave | aristavi | aristava | aristavē | aristavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | aristalō | aristale | aristali | aristala1×ἠρίστησαν | aristalē | aristalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | aristameiō | aristameia | aristameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | aristaseiō | aristaseia | aristaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | aristateiō | aristateia1×ἀριστήσῃ | aristateiē |
| we 1st person plural | aristaneiō | aristaneia | aristaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | aristaveiō | aristaveia | aristaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | aristaleiō | aristaleia | aristaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | aristasōr | aristasar | aristasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | aristatōr | aristatar | aristatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | aristavōr | aristavar1×ἀριστήσατε | aristavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | aristalōr | aristalar | aristalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | aristamoiō | aristamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | aristasoiō | aristasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | aristatoiō | aristatoia |
| we 1st person plural | aristanoiō | aristanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | aristavoiō | aristavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | aristaloiō | aristaloia |
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 | aristarō | aristari | aristara | aristarē |
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 | aristarōntos | aristarintos | aristarantos | aristarēntos |
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
arist 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
aristala“eaten breakfast”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
John 21:15“eaten breakfast”Hote oun aristala legatō to Simōno Petro tos Iēsus; …When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son …
aristateia“dine”happened · he/she/itaorist active subjunctive 3rd person singular1×
Luke 11:37… te lalara erōtatō auton Farisaios hopōs aristateia para auto; eisercharantos de anapiptata.… speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in …
aristavar“have breakfast”happened · yeaorist active imperative 2nd person plural1×
John 21:12legatō autoi tos Iēsus; Deute aristavar. oudenos de tolmate toiu mathētoiu exetazara …“Come, have breakfast,” Jesus said to them. None of …