verb
drassomō
Strong’sG1405
I take hold of, grasp
stem drass-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.
δράσσομαι
[in LXX for נשׁק pi., Ps 2:12; elsewhere קמץ, as Le 2:2;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1405 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddras'-som-ahee
to grasp, i.e. (figuratively) entrap
Fromperhaps akin to the base of G1404 (through the idea of capturing);
King Jamestake.
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
Attic dialect δράττομαι, Refs 5th c.BC+; imperfect ἐδραττόμην Refs 5th c.BC+: future δράξομαι LXX+3rd c.BC+: aorist ἐδραξάμην Refs 5th c.BC+perfect δέδραγμαι, Refs 5th c.BC+, participle δεδραγμένος Refs 8th c.BC+ —the active, δράσσω only in Refs 2nd c.AD+:—grasp with the hand, with genitive of things, κόνιος δεδραγμένος αἱματοέσσης clutching handfuls of gory dust, Refs 8th c.BC+; δραξάμενοι τῶν ἁλῶν taking a handful of salt, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 lay hold of, τί μου δέδραξαι χερσ; Refs 5th c.BC+; δραξάμενος φάρυγος having seized [them] by the throat, Refs 3rd c.BC+: metaphorically, δράξασθαι καιροῦ Refs 1st c.BC+; μείζονος οἴκου (i.e. by marriage), Refs 6th c.BC+; [ὧν χρ]ὴ δράξασθαι τὸ στόμα sounds the mouth has to grip, i.e. make, uncertain in Refs 1st c.BC+
II with accusative, take by handfuls, ταύτας [τὰς μνέας] δ. Refs 5th c.BC+; also, catch, τοὺς σοφοὺς ἐν τῇ πανουργίᾳ αὐτῶν NT
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| drassorōntosδρασσόμενος | happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative singular masculine | catches | 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 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | drassomō | drassome | drassomē | drassomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | drassosō | drassose | drassosē | drassoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | drassotō | drassote | drassotē | drassotelē |
| we 1st person plural | drassonō | drassone | drassonē | drassonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | drassovō | drassove | drassovē | drassovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | drassolō | drassole | drassolē | drassolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | drassomeiō | drassomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | drassoseiō | drassoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | drassoteiō | drassoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | drassoneiō | drassoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | drassoveiō | drassoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | drassoleiō | drassoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | drassosōr | drassosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | drassotōr | drassotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | drassovōr | drassovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | drassolōr | drassolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | drassomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | drassosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | drassotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | drassonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | drassovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | drassoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | drassorō | drassorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | drassorōntos1×δρασσόμενος | drassorēntos |
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
drass 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
drassorōntos“catches”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative singular masculine1×
1 Corinthians 3:19… to theo atō; grafotē gar; Tos drassorōntos toin sofoin en ta panourgia autoiu;… sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”