verb
blastamō
Strong’sG985
I sprout, cause to sprout, make to grow up
stem blast-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 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.
βλαστάνω,
[in LXX for צמח, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G985 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidblas-tan'-o
to germinate; by implication, to yield fruit
Fromfrom βλαστός (a sprout);
King Jamesbring forth, bud, spring (up).
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 5th c.BC+ (later βλαστέω, Refs 4th c.BC+, corrupt in passive -ουμένηRefs 5th c.BC+; Ionic dialect imperfect βλαστάνεσκε (variant{βλάστεσκεν}) Refs: future βλαστήσω Refs 4th c.BC+: aorist 2 ἔβλαστον Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist 1 ἐβλάστησα Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect βεβλάστηκα Refs 5th c.BC+: pluperfect ἐβεβλαστήκει Refs 5th c.BC+:—bud, sprout, grow, properly of plants, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἦ βλαστὸς οὐκ ἔβλαστε; Refs 5th c.BC+
2 metaphoricallyin Poets, shoot forth, come to light, βλάστε νᾶσος ἐξ ἁλός, of Rhodes, Refs 5th c.BC+; of children, to be born, Refs; ἀνθρώπου φύσιν βλαστών born in man's nature, Refs 5th c.BC+; not common in Prose, Refs 5th c.BC+
II causal, make to grow, produce, propagate, in present, Refs 5th c.BC+: mostly aorist 1 ἐβλάστησα LXX+3rd c.BC+:—passive, βλαστηθείς Refs 1st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| blastataἐβλάστησεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | sprouted | 2× |
| blastateiōβλαστᾷ | happening now · he/she/itpresent active subjunctive 3rd person singular | sprouts | 1× |
| blastarantasβλαστήσασα | happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular feminine | budded | 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, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | blastamō | blastame | blastami | blastama | blastamē | blastamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | blastasō | blastase | blastasi | blastasa | blastasē | blastaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | blastatō | blastate | blastati | blastata2×ἐβλάστησεν | blastatē | blastatelē |
| we 1st person plural | blastanō | blastane | blastani | blastana | blastanē | blastanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | blastavō | blastave | blastavi | blastava | blastavē | blastavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | blastalō | blastale | blastali | blastala | blastalē | blastalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | blastameiō | blastameia | blastameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | blastaseiō | blastaseia | blastaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | blastateiō1×βλαστᾷ | blastateia | blastateiē |
| we 1st person plural | blastaneiō | blastaneia | blastaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | blastaveiō | blastaveia | blastaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | blastaleiō | blastaleia | blastaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | blastasōr | blastasar | blastasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | blastatōr | blastatar | blastatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | blastavōr | blastavar | blastavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | blastalōr | blastalar | blastalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | blastamoiō | blastamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | blastasoiō | blastasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | blastatoiō | blastatoia |
| we 1st person plural | blastanoiō | blastanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | blastavoiō | blastavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | blastaloiō | blastaloia |
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 | blastarō | blastari | blastara | blastarē |
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 | blastarōntos | blastarintos | blastarantos1× | blastarēntos |
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
blast 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
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
blastata“sprouted”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular2×
Matthew 13:26hote de blastata tos chortos kai karpon poiata, tote …When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds …
James 5:18“produced”… ouranos hueton dōata kai tas gēas blastata ton karpon autau.… the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.
blastateiō“sprouts”happening now · he/she/itpresent active subjunctive 3rd person singular1×
Mark 4:27… nuktan kai hēmeran, kai tos sporos blastateiō kai mēkunoteiō hōs ouk oidatē autos.… sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not …
blastarantas“budded”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular feminine1×
Hebrews 9:4… manna kai tas rabdas Aarōn tas blastarantas kai tais plakais tau diathēkau,… of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the …