verb
ēchamō
Strong’sG2278
I make a sound, sound when struck
stem ēch-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.
ἠχέω, -ῶ
(< ἦχος), [in LXX for המה, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2278 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiday-kheh'-o
to make a loud noise, i.e. reverberate
Fromfrom G2279;
King Jamesroar, sound.
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
Aeolic dialect and Doric dialect ἀχέω [ᾱ]:
I intransitive, sound, ring, peal, ἠχεῖ δὲ κάρη.. Ὀλύμπου Refs 8th c.BC+; of metal, ἠχέεσκε ὁ χαλκὸς τῆς ἀσπίδος Refs 5th c.BC+; of the grasshopper, chirp, Refs 7th c.BC+; of the ears, tingle, ἠχήσει τὰ ὦτα LXX; διὰ τί ἠχεῖ ἢ διὰ τί ἐμφαίνετα; impersonal, of anecho, Refs 4th c.BC+
I.2 suffer from noises in the ears, Refs 1st c.AD+
II with accusative cognate, ἀχεῖν (ἰαχεῖν codices) ὕμνον to let it sound, Refs 5th c.BC+; χαλκέον ἄχει sound the cymbal! Refs 3rd c.BC+; ἐφεξῆς ἠχοῦντα αὐτά (i.e. τὰ φωνήεντα) Refs 4th c.BC+ —middle, ἀχεῖσθαί τινα to sound his praises, uncertain in Refs 5th c.BC+ — passive, ἠχεῖται κτύπος a sound is made, Refs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ēcharōntosἠχῶν | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | noisy | 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 | ēchamō | ēchame | ēchami | ēchama | ēchamē | ēchamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | ēchasō | ēchase | ēchasi | ēchasa | ēchasē | ēchaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ēchatō | ēchate | ēchati | ēchata | ēchatē | ēchatelē |
| we 1st person plural | ēchanō | ēchane | ēchani | ēchana | ēchanē | ēchanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ēchavō | ēchave | ēchavi | ēchava | ēchavē | ēchavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | ēchalō | ēchale | ēchali | ēchala | ēchalē | ēchalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ēchameiō | ēchameia | ēchameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | ēchaseiō | ēchaseia | ēchaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ēchateiō | ēchateia | ēchateiē |
| we 1st person plural | ēchaneiō | ēchaneia | ēchaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ēchaveiō | ēchaveia | ēchaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | ēchaleiō | ēchaleia | ēchaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | ēchasōr | ēchasar | ēchasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ēchatōr | ēchatar | ēchatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | ēchavōr | ēchavar | ēchavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | ēchalōr | ēchalar | ēchalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ēchamoiō | ēchamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | ēchasoiō | ēchasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ēchatoiō | ēchatoia |
| we 1st person plural | ēchanoiō | ēchanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | ēchavoiō | ēchavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | ēchaloiō | ēchaloia |
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 | ēcharō | ēchari | ēchara | ēcharē |
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 | ēcharōntos1×ἠχῶν | ēcharintos | ēcharantos | ēcharēntos |
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
ēch 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
ēcharōntos“noisy”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×
1 Corinthians 13:1“noisy”… agapan de mē echameiō, genamē chalkos ēcharōntos ē kumbalem alalazarōntem.… of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.