verb
bathunamō
Strong’sG900
I deepen
stem bathun-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.
βαθύνω
(< βαθύς), [in LXX for עמד: Ps 91 (92):5, Je 29 (49):8 30(49):30*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G900 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbath-oo'-no
to deepen
Fromfrom G901;
King Jamesdeep.
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
passive, pluperfect βεβάθυστο Refs 4th c.AD+: (βαθύς):— deepen, hollow out, βάθυνε δὲ χῶρον ἅπαντα, of a torrent, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἔσκαψε καὶ ἐβάθυνε dug and dug deep, NT; ἐβάθυνε πέδον ταρσῷ, of a dog, Refs 1st c.AD+: especially as military term, deepen, τὴν φάλαγγα Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, become deep, be deepened, λίμνη β. Refs 4th c.BC+; νάσως βαθυνομένας ἀπὸ ῥιζᾶν, of Delos, Refs 6th c.AD+; of a deep wound, Refs 4th c.AD+; βαθυνομέναις χερσί in or with the hollowed hands, Refs
2 in Mathematics texts, add a third dimension, β. τὰ ἐπίπεδα Refs 5th c.AD+ in R.2.52 K.,Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, κυκλικῶς βαθυνθέντες Refs 6th c.AD+
II intransitive, sink deep, Refs 1st c.AD+; sink, crumble, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.2 metaphorically, go deeply into a subject, βαθύνας θεωρῆσαι 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bathunataἐβάθυνεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | deep | 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 | bathunamō | bathuname | bathunami | bathunama | bathunamē | bathunamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | bathunasō | bathunase | bathunasi | bathunasa | bathunasē | bathunaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | bathunatō | bathunate | bathunati | bathunata1×ἐβάθυνεν | bathunatē | bathunatelē |
| we 1st person plural | bathunanō | bathunane | bathunani | bathunana | bathunanē | bathunanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | bathunavō | bathunave | bathunavi | bathunava | bathunavē | bathunavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | bathunalō | bathunale | bathunali | bathunala | bathunalē | bathunalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | bathunameiō | bathunameia | bathunameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | bathunaseiō | bathunaseia | bathunaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | bathunateiō | bathunateia | bathunateiē |
| we 1st person plural | bathunaneiō | bathunaneia | bathunaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | bathunaveiō | bathunaveia | bathunaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | bathunaleiō | bathunaleia | bathunaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | bathunasōr | bathunasar | bathunasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | bathunatōr | bathunatar | bathunatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | bathunavōr | bathunavar | bathunavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | bathunalōr | bathunalar | bathunalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | bathunamoiō | bathunamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | bathunasoiō | bathunasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | bathunatoiō | bathunatoia |
| we 1st person plural | bathunanoiō | bathunanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | bathunavoiō | bathunavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | bathunaloiō | bathunaloia |
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 | bathunarō | bathunari | bathunara | bathunarē |
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 | bathunarōntos | bathunarintos | bathunarantos | bathunarēntos |
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
bathun 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
bathunata“deep”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Luke 6:48… anthrōpo oikodomarōnto oikian hos skaptata kai bathunata kai tithata themelion epi tan petran; …… building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the …