verb

Greekδιασείω (diaseiō)

Biblang

diaseiamō

Strong’sG1286

I blackmail, extort from

stem diasei-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-σείω

[in LXX: Jb 4:14 (פּחד hi.), III Mac 7:21 *;]

to shake violently; metaph., to intimidate: Lk 3:14.†

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

Strong’s G1286 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddee-as-i'-o

to shake thoroughly, i.e. (figuratively) to intimidate

Fromfrom G1223 and G4579;

King Jamesdo violence to.

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

δια-σείω,
shake violently, Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. τῇ οὐρᾷ to keep wagging the tail, Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, shake people off, shake oneself free, Refs 1st c.BC+
2 confound, throw into confusion, τὰ τῶν Ἀθηναίων φρονήματα Refs 5th c.BC+; intimidate, oppress, Refs; browbeat, Refs 2nd c.BC+; extort money by intimidation from a person, NT+2nd c.BC+:—passive, Refs 1st c.AD+
3 of political affairs, throw into confusion, Refs 1st c.AD+
4 stir up, in passive, Refs 5th c.AD+
5 sound, take the measure of, 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.

extort1×

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
diaseiaveiaδιασείσητε	happened · yeaorist active subjunctive 2nd person plural	extort	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	diaseiamō	diaseiame	diaseiami	diaseiama	diaseiamē	diaseiamelē
you 2nd person singular	diaseiasō	diaseiase	diaseiasi	diaseiasa	diaseiasē	diaseiaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	diaseiatō	diaseiate	diaseiati	diaseiata	diaseiatē	diaseiatelē
we 1st person plural	diaseianō	diaseiane	diaseiani	diaseiana	diaseianē	diaseianelē
ye 2nd person plural	diaseiavō	diaseiave	diaseiavi	diaseiava	diaseiavē	diaseiavelē
they 3rd person plural	diaseialō	diaseiale	diaseiali	diaseiala	diaseialē	diaseialelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	diaseiameiō	diaseiameia	diaseiameiē
you 2nd person singular	diaseiaseiō	diaseiaseia	diaseiaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	diaseiateiō	diaseiateia	diaseiateiē
we 1st person plural	diaseianeiō	diaseianeia	diaseianeiē
ye 2nd person plural	diaseiaveiō	diaseiaveia1×διασείσητε	diaseiaveiē
they 3rd person plural	diaseialeiō	diaseialeia	diaseialeiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	diaseiasōr	diaseiasar	diaseiasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	diaseiatōr	diaseiatar	diaseiatēr
ye 2nd person plural	diaseiavōr	diaseiavar	diaseiavēr
they 3rd person plural	diaseialōr	diaseialar	diaseialēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	diaseiamoiō	diaseiamoia
you 2nd person singular	diaseiasoiō	diaseiasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	diaseiatoiō	diaseiatoia
we 1st person plural	diaseianoiō	diaseianoia
ye 2nd person plural	diaseiavoiō	diaseiavoia
they 3rd person plural	diaseialoiō	diaseialoia

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	diaseiarō	diaseiari	diaseiara	diaseiarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	diaseiarōntos	diaseiarintos	diaseiarantos	diaseiarēntos

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

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

diasei 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

diaseiaveia“extort”happened · yeaorist active subjunctive 2nd person plural1×

Luke 3:14“extort”… kai nis? kai legata autoi; Mēdenon diaseiaveia mēde sukofantaveia, kai arkovōr tei opsōniei …… what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”