verb
distazamō
Strong’sG1365
I waver, doubt
stem distaz-2 times in the New Testament2 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.
* διστάζω
(< δίς),
SYN.: ἀπορέω, διαπορέω, διακρίνομαι, μετεωρίζομαι (v. DCG, i, 491).
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1365 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddis-tad'-zo
properly, to duplicate, i.e. (mentally) to waver (in opinion)
Fromfrom G1364;
King Jamesdoubt.
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
future -άσωRefs 1st c.BC+: (δίς):—doubt, hesitate, absolutely, Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. εἰ.. Refs 2nd c.AD+; μή.. Refs 5th c.BC+; μή ποτε, with indicative, Refs 1st c.BC+; πῶς.. Refs 4th c.BC+; πότερον.. Refs 1st c.AD+:—passive, to be in doubt, Refs 1st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| distazasaἐδίστασας | happened · youaorist active indicative 2nd person singular | doubt | 1× |
| distazalaἐδίστασαν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | doubted | 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 | distazamō | distazame | distazami | distazama | distazamē | distazamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | distazasō | distazase | distazasi | distazasa1×ἐδίστασας | distazasē | distazaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | distazatō | distazate | distazati | distazata | distazatē | distazatelē |
| we 1st person plural | distazanō | distazane | distazani | distazana | distazanē | distazanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | distazavō | distazave | distazavi | distazava | distazavē | distazavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | distazalō | distazale | distazali | distazala1×ἐδίστασαν | distazalē | distazalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | distazameiō | distazameia | distazameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | distazaseiō | distazaseia | distazaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | distazateiō | distazateia | distazateiē |
| we 1st person plural | distazaneiō | distazaneia | distazaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | distazaveiō | distazaveia | distazaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | distazaleiō | distazaleia | distazaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | distazasōr | distazasar | distazasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | distazatōr | distazatar | distazatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | distazavōr | distazavar | distazavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | distazalōr | distazalar | distazalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | distazamoiō | distazamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | distazasoiō | distazasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | distazatoiō | distazatoia |
| we 1st person plural | distazanoiō | distazanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | distazavoiō | distazavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | distazaloiō | distazaloia |
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 | distazarō | distazari | distazara | distazarē |
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 | distazarōntos | distazarintos | distazarantos | distazarēntos |
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
distaz 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
distazasa“doubt”happened · youaorist active indicative 2nd person singular1×
Matthew 14:31… kai legatō auto; Oligopistor, eis tinem distazasa?… faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?”
distazala“doubted”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Matthew 28:17kai horarantois auton proskunala, tois de distazala.… Him, they worshiped Him, but some doubted.