verb

ataktamō

Greekἀτακτέω (atakteō)

Strong’sG812

I behave disorderly

stem atakt-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

idle1×

What it means

* ἀτακτέω, -ῶ

(< ἄτακτος),

primarily, of soldiers marching, to be out of order, to quit the ranks; hence, metaph., to be remiss, fail in the performance of duty (in π., of truancy on the part of an apprentice): II Th 3:7 (on ἀ. and its cognates, v. M, Th., 152 ff.; MM, s.vv.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G812 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidat-ak-teh'-o

to be (i.e. act) irregular

Fromfrom G813;

King Jamesbehave self disorderly.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
ataktanaἠτακτήσαμεν	happened · weaorist active indicative 1st person plural	idle	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	ataktamō	ataktame	ataktami	ataktama	ataktamē	ataktamelē
you 2nd person singular	ataktasō	ataktase	ataktasi	ataktasa	ataktasē	ataktaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	ataktatō	ataktate	ataktati	ataktata	ataktatē	ataktatelē
we 1st person plural	ataktanō	ataktane	ataktani	ataktana1×ἠτακτήσαμεν	ataktanē	ataktanelē
ye 2nd person plural	ataktavō	ataktave	ataktavi	ataktava	ataktavē	ataktavelē
they 3rd person plural	ataktalō	ataktale	ataktali	ataktala	ataktalē	ataktalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	ataktameiō	ataktameia	ataktameiē
you 2nd person singular	ataktaseiō	ataktaseia	ataktaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	ataktateiō	ataktateia	ataktateiē
we 1st person plural	ataktaneiō	ataktaneia	ataktaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	ataktaveiō	ataktaveia	ataktaveiē
they 3rd person plural	ataktaleiō	ataktaleia	ataktaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	ataktasōr	ataktasar	ataktasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	ataktatōr	ataktatar	ataktatēr
ye 2nd person plural	ataktavōr	ataktavar	ataktavēr
they 3rd person plural	ataktalōr	ataktalar	ataktalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	ataktamoiō	ataktamoia
you 2nd person singular	ataktasoiō	ataktasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	ataktatoiō	ataktatoia
we 1st person plural	ataktanoiō	ataktanoia
ye 2nd person plural	ataktavoiō	ataktavoia
they 3rd person plural	ataktaloiō	ataktaloia

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	ataktarō	ataktari	ataktara	ataktarē

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	ataktarōtos	ataktaritos	ataktaratos	ataktarētos

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

ataktstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

atakt 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

ataktos — ἄτακτος, disorderly, slack

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

ataktana“idle”happened · weaorist active indicative 1st person plural1×

2 Thessalonians 3:7“idle”autois gar oidavē pōs datō mimerō nin, hoti ouk ataktana en viFor you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,