verb

dianeuamō

Greekδιανεύω (dianeuō)

Strong’sG1269

I nod continually, beckon

stem dianeu-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

making signs1×

What it means

† δια-νεύω

[in LXX: Ps 34(35):19 (קרץ), Si 27:22 *;]

to wink at, nod to, beckon to: Lk 1:22.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1269 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddee-an-yoo'-o

to nod (or express by signs) across an intervening space

Fromfrom G1223 and G3506;

King Jamesbeckon.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
dianeuarōtosδιανεύων	happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine	making signs	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	dianeuamō	dianeuame	dianeuami	dianeuama	dianeuamē	dianeuamelē
you 2nd person singular	dianeuasō	dianeuase	dianeuasi	dianeuasa	dianeuasē	dianeuaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	dianeuatō	dianeuate	dianeuati	dianeuata	dianeuatē	dianeuatelē
we 1st person plural	dianeuanō	dianeuane	dianeuani	dianeuana	dianeuanē	dianeuanelē
ye 2nd person plural	dianeuavō	dianeuave	dianeuavi	dianeuava	dianeuavē	dianeuavelē
they 3rd person plural	dianeualō	dianeuale	dianeuali	dianeuala	dianeualē	dianeualelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	dianeuameiō	dianeuameia	dianeuameiē
you 2nd person singular	dianeuaseiō	dianeuaseia	dianeuaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	dianeuateiō	dianeuateia	dianeuateiē
we 1st person plural	dianeuaneiō	dianeuaneia	dianeuaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	dianeuaveiō	dianeuaveia	dianeuaveiē
they 3rd person plural	dianeualeiō	dianeualeia	dianeualeiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	dianeuasōr	dianeuasar	dianeuasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	dianeuatōr	dianeuatar	dianeuatēr
ye 2nd person plural	dianeuavōr	dianeuavar	dianeuavēr
they 3rd person plural	dianeualōr	dianeualar	dianeualēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	dianeuamoiō	dianeuamoia
you 2nd person singular	dianeuasoiō	dianeuasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	dianeuatoiō	dianeuatoia
we 1st person plural	dianeuanoiō	dianeuanoia
ye 2nd person plural	dianeuavoiō	dianeuavoia
they 3rd person plural	dianeualoiō	dianeualoia

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	dianeuarō	dianeuari	dianeuara	dianeuarē

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	dianeuarōtos1×διανεύων	dianeuaritos	dianeuaratos	dianeuarētos

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

dianeustem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

dianeu 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

dianeuarōtos“making signs”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×

Luke 1:22“making signs”exercharatos de ouk dunete lalara autoi, kai epignōskala hoti optasian horatē en to nao; kai autos ate dianeuarōtos autoi, kai diamenate kōfos.When he came out and was unable to speak to them, they realized he had seen a vision in the temple. He kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak.