verb
baskanamō
Strong’sG940
I give the evil eye to, fascinate, bewitch, overpower
stem baskan-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.
βασκαίνω,
[in LXX: De 28:54, 56 (רעע), Si 14:6, 8*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G940 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbas-kah'-ee-no
to malign, i.e. (by extension) to fascinate (by false representations)
Fromakin to G5335;
King Jamesbewitch.
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
future -ᾰνῶLXX: aorist ἐβάσκηνα Refs 2nd c.AD+ Philostratus Sophista (see. below), -ᾱνα Refs 4th c.BC+ —passive, aorist ἐβασκάνθην (see. below):—bewitch by the evil eye, etc., NT+4th c.BC+:—passive, ὡς μὴ βασκανθῶσι Refs 4th c.BC+
II with accusative, malign, disparage, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, ὑπὸ τῶν ἀντιτέχνων βασκανθῆναι Refs 1st c.BC+
II.2 with dative, envy, grudge, Refs 4th c.BC+; τινί τινος grudge one a thing, Refs 1st c.AD+keep to oneself, Refs
II.3 with accusative et infinitive, μὴ βασκήνας γελάσαι καὶ ἄλλον Refs 2nd c.AD+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| baskanataἐβάσκανεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | bewitched | 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 | baskanamō | baskaname | baskanami | baskanama | baskanamē | baskanamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | baskanasō | baskanase | baskanasi | baskanasa | baskanasē | baskanaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | baskanatō | baskanate | baskanati | baskanata1×ἐβάσκανεν | baskanatē | baskanatelē |
| we 1st person plural | baskananō | baskanane | baskanani | baskanana | baskananē | baskananelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | baskanavō | baskanave | baskanavi | baskanava | baskanavē | baskanavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | baskanalō | baskanale | baskanali | baskanala | baskanalē | baskanalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | baskanameiō | baskanameia | baskanameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | baskanaseiō | baskanaseia | baskanaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | baskanateiō | baskanateia | baskanateiē |
| we 1st person plural | baskananeiō | baskananeia | baskananeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | baskanaveiō | baskanaveia | baskanaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | baskanaleiō | baskanaleia | baskanaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | baskanasōr | baskanasar | baskanasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | baskanatōr | baskanatar | baskanatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | baskanavōr | baskanavar | baskanavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | baskanalōr | baskanalar | baskanalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | baskanamoiō | baskanamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | baskanasoiō | baskanasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | baskanatoiō | baskanatoia |
| we 1st person plural | baskananoiō | baskananoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | baskanavoiō | baskanavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | baskanaloiō | baskanaloia |
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 | baskanarō | baskanari | baskanara | baskanarē |
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 | baskanarōntos | baskanarintos | baskanarantos | baskanarēntos |
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
baskan 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
baskanata“bewitched”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Galatians 3:1Ō anoētoir Galatoir, tinos vin baskanata, hoi kata ofthalmoin Iēsus Christos prografita …O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus …