verb
diachleuazamō
Strong’sG5512
I mock, scoff
stem diachleuaz-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.
* δια-χλευάζω, intensive of χλευάζω,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5512 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhlyoo-ad'-zo
to throw out the lip, i.e. jeer at
Fromfrom a derivative probably of G5491;
King Jamesmock.
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
(χλεύη) jest, scoff, ἐπισκώπτων καὶ παίζων καὶ χ. Refs 5th c.BC+
2 with accusative, scoff, jeer at, treat scornfully, τινα Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, Refs:—passive, Refs 4th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| diachleuazarōntoisδιαχλευάζοντες | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine | mocking | 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 | diachleuazamō | diachleuazame | diachleuazami | diachleuazama | diachleuazamē | diachleuazamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | diachleuazasō | diachleuazase | diachleuazasi | diachleuazasa | diachleuazasē | diachleuazaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | diachleuazatō | diachleuazate | diachleuazati | diachleuazata | diachleuazatē | diachleuazatelē |
| we 1st person plural | diachleuazanō | diachleuazane | diachleuazani | diachleuazana | diachleuazanē | diachleuazanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | diachleuazavō | diachleuazave | diachleuazavi | diachleuazava | diachleuazavē | diachleuazavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | diachleuazalō | diachleuazale | diachleuazali | diachleuazala | diachleuazalē | diachleuazalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | diachleuazameiō | diachleuazameia | diachleuazameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | diachleuazaseiō | diachleuazaseia | diachleuazaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | diachleuazateiō | diachleuazateia | diachleuazateiē |
| we 1st person plural | diachleuazaneiō | diachleuazaneia | diachleuazaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | diachleuazaveiō | diachleuazaveia | diachleuazaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | diachleuazaleiō | diachleuazaleia | diachleuazaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | diachleuazasōr | diachleuazasar | diachleuazasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | diachleuazatōr | diachleuazatar | diachleuazatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | diachleuazavōr | diachleuazavar | diachleuazavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | diachleuazalōr | diachleuazalar | diachleuazalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | diachleuazamoiō | diachleuazamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | diachleuazasoiō | diachleuazasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | diachleuazatoiō | diachleuazatoia |
| we 1st person plural | diachleuazanoiō | diachleuazanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | diachleuazavoiō | diachleuazavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | diachleuazaloiō | diachleuazaloia |
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 | diachleuazarō | diachleuazari | diachleuazara | diachleuazarē |
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 | diachleuazarōntos1× | diachleuazarintos | diachleuazarantos | diachleuazarēntos |
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
diachleuaz 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
diachleuazarōntois“mocking”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×
Acts 2:13“mocking”heterois de diachleuazarōntois legale hoti Gleukeu mestorēntois alō.But others mocked them and said, “They are drunk on new wine!”