verb
dianuktereuamō
Strong’sG1273
I spend the whole night
stem dianuktereu-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-νυκτερεύω
(cf. διημερεύω, to pass the day) [in LXX: Jb 2:9 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1273 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
pass the night, νύκτα NT+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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| dianuktereuarōntosδιανυκτερεύων | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | spent all night | 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 | dianuktereuamō | dianuktereuame | dianuktereuami | dianuktereuama | dianuktereuamē | dianuktereuamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | dianuktereuasō | dianuktereuase | dianuktereuasi | dianuktereuasa | dianuktereuasē | dianuktereuaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | dianuktereuatō | dianuktereuate | dianuktereuati | dianuktereuata | dianuktereuatē | dianuktereuatelē |
| we 1st person plural | dianuktereuanō | dianuktereuane | dianuktereuani | dianuktereuana | dianuktereuanē | dianuktereuanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | dianuktereuavō | dianuktereuave | dianuktereuavi | dianuktereuava | dianuktereuavē | dianuktereuavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | dianuktereualō | dianuktereuale | dianuktereuali | dianuktereuala | dianuktereualē | dianuktereualelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | dianuktereuameiō | dianuktereuameia | dianuktereuameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | dianuktereuaseiō | dianuktereuaseia | dianuktereuaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | dianuktereuateiō | dianuktereuateia | dianuktereuateiē |
| we 1st person plural | dianuktereuaneiō | dianuktereuaneia | dianuktereuaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | dianuktereuaveiō | dianuktereuaveia | dianuktereuaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | dianuktereualeiō | dianuktereualeia | dianuktereualeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | dianuktereuasōr | dianuktereuasar | dianuktereuasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | dianuktereuatōr | dianuktereuatar | dianuktereuatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | dianuktereuavōr | dianuktereuavar | dianuktereuavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | dianuktereualōr | dianuktereualar | dianuktereualēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | dianuktereuamoiō | dianuktereuamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | dianuktereuasoiō | dianuktereuasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | dianuktereuatoiō | dianuktereuatoia |
| we 1st person plural | dianuktereuanoiō | dianuktereuanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | dianuktereuavoiō | dianuktereuavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | dianuktereualoiō | dianuktereualoia |
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 | dianuktereuarō | dianuktereuari | dianuktereuara | dianuktereuarē |
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 | dianuktereuarōntos1×διανυκτερεύων | dianuktereuarintos | dianuktereuarantos | dianuktereuarēntos |
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
dianuktereu 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
dianuktereuarōntos“spent all night”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Luke 6:12“spent all night”… eis tem orem proseuchera, kai ate dianuktereuarōntos en ta proseucha tou theou.… out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.