verb

athumamō

Greekἀθυμέω (athumeō)

Strong’sG120

I lose heart

stem athum-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

discouraged1×

What it means

ἀθυμέω, -ῶ (ἄ-θυμος, without heart),

[in LXX for חרה, etc.;]

to be disheartened: Col 3:21.†

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

Strong’s G120 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidath-oo-meh'-o

to be spiritless, i.e. disheartened

Fromfrom a compound of G1 (as a negative particle) and G2372;

King Jamesbe dismayed.

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
athumaleiōἀθυμῶσιν	happening now · theypresent active subjunctive 3rd person plural	discouraged	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	athumamō	athumame	athumami	athumama	athumamē	athumamelē
you 2nd person singular	athumasō	athumase	athumasi	athumasa	athumasē	athumaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	athumatō	athumate	athumati	athumata	athumatē	athumatelē
we 1st person plural	athumanō	athumane	athumani	athumana	athumanē	athumanelē
ye 2nd person plural	athumavō	athumave	athumavi	athumava	athumavē	athumavelē
they 3rd person plural	athumalō	athumale	athumali	athumala	athumalē	athumalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	athumameiō	athumameia	athumameiē
you 2nd person singular	athumaseiō	athumaseia	athumaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	athumateiō	athumateia	athumateiē
we 1st person plural	athumaneiō	athumaneia	athumaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	athumaveiō	athumaveia	athumaveiē
they 3rd person plural	athumaleiō1×ἀθυμῶσιν	athumaleia	athumaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	athumasōr	athumasar	athumasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	athumatōr	athumatar	athumatēr
ye 2nd person plural	athumavōr	athumavar	athumavēr
they 3rd person plural	athumalōr	athumalar	athumalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	athumamoiō	athumamoia
you 2nd person singular	athumasoiō	athumasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	athumatoiō	athumatoia
we 1st person plural	athumanoiō	athumanoia
ye 2nd person plural	athumavoiō	athumavoia
they 3rd person plural	athumaloiō	athumaloia

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	athumarō	athumari	athumara	athumarē

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	athumarōtos	athumaritos	athumaratos	athumarētos

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

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

athum 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

athumaleiō“discouraged”happening now · theypresent active subjunctive 3rd person plural1×

Colossians 3:21“discouraged”toir patēroir, mē erethizavōr teim tekneim vu, hina mē athumaleiō.Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.