verb
ekkentamō
Strong’sG1574
I pierce through, transfix
stem ekkent-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 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.
ἐκ-κεντέω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for דָּקַר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1574 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
prick out, put out, ὄμματα Refs 4th c.BC+
II pierce, stab, LXX+2nd c.BC+
II.2 massacre, LXX
III intransitive, of hair, stand out, project, Refs 2nd 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ekkentalaἐξεκέντησαν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | pierced | 2× |
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 | ekkentamō | ekkentame | ekkentami | ekkentama | ekkentamē | ekkentamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | ekkentasō | ekkentase | ekkentasi | ekkentasa | ekkentasē | ekkentaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekkentatō | ekkentate | ekkentati | ekkentata | ekkentatē | ekkentatelē |
| we 1st person plural | ekkentanō | ekkentane | ekkentani | ekkentana | ekkentanē | ekkentanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekkentavō | ekkentave | ekkentavi | ekkentava | ekkentavē | ekkentavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | ekkentalō | ekkentale | ekkentali | ekkentala2×ἐξεκέντησαν | ekkentalē | ekkentalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ekkentameiō | ekkentameia | ekkentameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | ekkentaseiō | ekkentaseia | ekkentaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekkentateiō | ekkentateia | ekkentateiē |
| we 1st person plural | ekkentaneiō | ekkentaneia | ekkentaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekkentaveiō | ekkentaveia | ekkentaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | ekkentaleiō | ekkentaleia | ekkentaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | ekkentasōr | ekkentasar | ekkentasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekkentatōr | ekkentatar | ekkentatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekkentavōr | ekkentavar | ekkentavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | ekkentalōr | ekkentalar | ekkentalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ekkentamoiō | ekkentamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | ekkentasoiō | ekkentasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekkentatoiō | ekkentatoia |
| we 1st person plural | ekkentanoiō | ekkentanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekkentavoiō | ekkentavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | ekkentaloiō | ekkentaloia |
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 | ekkentarō | ekkentari | ekkentara | ekkentarē |
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 | ekkentarōntos | ekkentarintos | ekkentarantos | ekkentarēntos |
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
ekkent 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
ekkentala“pierced”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural2×
John 19:37… heteras grafas legatō; Horeli eis hon ekkentala.… look on the One they have pierced.”
Revelation 1:7… auton pantos ofthalmos kai hotinois auton ekkentala, kai kopteli epi auton pantais tais …… will see Him — even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of …