verb
arotriamō
Strong’sG722
I plow
stem arotri-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.
† ἀροτριάω, -ῶ
(< ἄροτρον), [in LXX: De 22:10, al. (חרשׁ), Is 7:25 (עדר);]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G722 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidar-ot-ree-o'-o
to plow
Fromfrom G723;
King Jamesplough.
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
={ἀρόω}, Refs 4th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| arotriarōἀροτριᾶν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | plow | 1× |
| arotriarōntosἀροτριῶν | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | plows | 1× |
| arotriarōntonἀροτριῶντα | happening now · objectpresent active participle accusative singular masculine | plowing | 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 | arotriamō | arotriame | arotriami | arotriama | arotriamē | arotriamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | arotriasō | arotriase | arotriasi | arotriasa | arotriasē | arotriaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | arotriatō | arotriate | arotriati | arotriata | arotriatē | arotriatelē |
| we 1st person plural | arotrianō | arotriane | arotriani | arotriana | arotrianē | arotrianelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | arotriavō | arotriave | arotriavi | arotriava | arotriavē | arotriavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | arotrialō | arotriale | arotriali | arotriala | arotrialē | arotrialelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | arotriameiō | arotriameia | arotriameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | arotriaseiō | arotriaseia | arotriaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | arotriateiō | arotriateia | arotriateiē |
| we 1st person plural | arotrianeiō | arotrianeia | arotrianeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | arotriaveiō | arotriaveia | arotriaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | arotrialeiō | arotrialeia | arotrialeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | arotriasōr | arotriasar | arotriasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | arotriatōr | arotriatar | arotriatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | arotriavōr | arotriavar | arotriavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | arotrialōr | arotrialar | arotrialēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | arotriamoiō | arotriamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | arotriasoiō | arotriasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | arotriatoiō | arotriatoia |
| we 1st person plural | arotrianoiō | arotrianoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | arotriavoiō | arotriavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | arotrialoiō | arotrialoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | arotriarō1×ἀροτριᾶν | arotriari | arotriara | arotriarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | arotriarōntos2×ἀροτριῶν | arotriarintos | arotriarantos | arotriarēntos |
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
arotri 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.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
arotriarō“plow”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
1 Corinthians 9:10“plow”… hoti ofeilatō epi elpida tos arotriarōntos arotriarō, kai tos aloarōntos epi elpida teu …… for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.
arotriarōntos“plows”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×
1 Corinthians 9:10… grafita, hoti ofeilatō epi elpida tos arotriarōntos arotriarō, kai tos aloarōntos epi elpida …… for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should …
arotriarōnton“plowing”happening now · objectpresent active participle accusative singular masculine1×
Luke 17:7Tinos de ek vu doulon echarōntos arotriarōnton ē poimanarōnton, hos eisercharanto ek tou …… you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will …