verb
bibrōskamō
Strong’sG977
I eat
stem bibrōsk-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.
βιβρώσκω, poët, and late prose,
[in LXX for אכל;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G977 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbib-ro'-sko
to eat
Froma reduplicated and prolonged form of an obsolete primary verb (perhaps causative of G1006);
King Jameseat.
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
Refs 2nd c.AD+ · βρώσομαι Refs 2nd c.AD+aorist ἔβρωσα (ἀν-) Refs 2nd c.BC+; infinitive βρῶξαι (κατα-) Epic. in Refs: Epic dialect aorist 2 ἔβρων Refs 3rd c.BC+: perfect βέβρωκα Refs 8th c.BC+; syncopated. participle βεβρώς, ῶτος, Refs 5th c.BC+; optative βεβρώθοις, as iffrom perfect βέβρωθα, Refs 8th c.BC+:—passive, present, Refs 5th c.BC+:future βρωθήσομαι Refs 8th c.BC+: perfect βέβρωμαι Refs 5th c.BC+: pluperfect ἐβέβρωτο Refs 5th c.BC+—In Ionic dialect Prose and Refs:—eat, eat up, βεβρωκὼς κακὰ φάρμακ᾽ Refs 8th c.BC+; οὐδὲν βεβρ. Refs 5th c.BC+: with genitive, eat of a thing, [λέων] βεβρωκὼς βοός NT+8th c.BC+:—passive, to be eaten, Refs 5th c.BC+; of teeth, decay, Refs; χρήματα δ᾽ αὖτε κακῶς βεβρώοεται will be devoured, Refs 8th c.BC+; βεβρωμένοι ἄρτοι mouldy bread, LXX; ῥίζα βεβρ. worm-eaten, Refs 1st c.AD+; to be bitten, ὑπὸ τῶν κροκοδείλων 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bibrōskarēntoiβεβρωκόσιν | has happened · to, forperfect active participle dative plural masculine | eaten | 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 | bibrōskamō | bibrōskame | bibrōskami | bibrōskama | bibrōskamē | bibrōskamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | bibrōskasō | bibrōskase | bibrōskasi | bibrōskasa | bibrōskasē | bibrōskaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | bibrōskatō | bibrōskate | bibrōskati | bibrōskata | bibrōskatē | bibrōskatelē |
| we 1st person plural | bibrōskanō | bibrōskane | bibrōskani | bibrōskana | bibrōskanē | bibrōskanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | bibrōskavō | bibrōskave | bibrōskavi | bibrōskava | bibrōskavē | bibrōskavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | bibrōskalō | bibrōskale | bibrōskali | bibrōskala | bibrōskalē | bibrōskalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | bibrōskameiō | bibrōskameia | bibrōskameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | bibrōskaseiō | bibrōskaseia | bibrōskaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | bibrōskateiō | bibrōskateia | bibrōskateiē |
| we 1st person plural | bibrōskaneiō | bibrōskaneia | bibrōskaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | bibrōskaveiō | bibrōskaveia | bibrōskaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | bibrōskaleiō | bibrōskaleia | bibrōskaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | bibrōskasōr | bibrōskasar | bibrōskasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | bibrōskatōr | bibrōskatar | bibrōskatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | bibrōskavōr | bibrōskavar | bibrōskavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | bibrōskalōr | bibrōskalar | bibrōskalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | bibrōskamoiō | bibrōskamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | bibrōskasoiō | bibrōskasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | bibrōskatoiō | bibrōskatoia |
| we 1st person plural | bibrōskanoiō | bibrōskanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | bibrōskavoiō | bibrōskavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | bibrōskaloiō | bibrōskaloia |
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 | bibrōskarō | bibrōskari | bibrōskara | bibrōskarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | bibrōskarōntos | bibrōskarintos | bibrōskarantos | bibrōskarēntos1× |
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
bibrōsk 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
bibrōskarēntoi“eaten”has happened · to, forperfect active participle dative plural masculine1×
John 6:13… artoiu toiu krithinoiu heim perisseuala toi bibrōskarēntoi.… left over by those who had eaten.