verb
ekkolumbamō
Strong’sG1579
I swim out
stem ekkolumb-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.
* ἐκ-κολυμβάω, -ῶ
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1579 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
plunge into the sea from.., with genitive, ναός NT+5th c.BC+; swim ashore, εἰς τὴν γῆν 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ekkolumbarantosἐκκολυμβήσας | happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine | swim away | 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 | ekkolumbamō | ekkolumbame | ekkolumbami | ekkolumbama | ekkolumbamē | ekkolumbamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | ekkolumbasō | ekkolumbase | ekkolumbasi | ekkolumbasa | ekkolumbasē | ekkolumbaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekkolumbatō | ekkolumbate | ekkolumbati | ekkolumbata | ekkolumbatē | ekkolumbatelē |
| we 1st person plural | ekkolumbanō | ekkolumbane | ekkolumbani | ekkolumbana | ekkolumbanē | ekkolumbanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekkolumbavō | ekkolumbave | ekkolumbavi | ekkolumbava | ekkolumbavē | ekkolumbavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | ekkolumbalō | ekkolumbale | ekkolumbali | ekkolumbala | ekkolumbalē | ekkolumbalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ekkolumbameiō | ekkolumbameia | ekkolumbameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | ekkolumbaseiō | ekkolumbaseia | ekkolumbaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekkolumbateiō | ekkolumbateia | ekkolumbateiē |
| we 1st person plural | ekkolumbaneiō | ekkolumbaneia | ekkolumbaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekkolumbaveiō | ekkolumbaveia | ekkolumbaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | ekkolumbaleiō | ekkolumbaleia | ekkolumbaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | ekkolumbasōr | ekkolumbasar | ekkolumbasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekkolumbatōr | ekkolumbatar | ekkolumbatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekkolumbavōr | ekkolumbavar | ekkolumbavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | ekkolumbalōr | ekkolumbalar | ekkolumbalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ekkolumbamoiō | ekkolumbamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | ekkolumbasoiō | ekkolumbasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekkolumbatoiō | ekkolumbatoia |
| we 1st person plural | ekkolumbanoiō | ekkolumbanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekkolumbavoiō | ekkolumbavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | ekkolumbaloiō | ekkolumbaloia |
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 | ekkolumbarō | ekkolumbari | ekkolumbara | ekkolumbarē |
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 | ekkolumbarōntos | ekkolumbarintos | ekkolumbarantos1×ἐκκολυμβήσας | ekkolumbarēntos |
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
ekkolumb 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
ekkolumbarantos“swim away”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Acts 27:42“swim away”… hina toin desmōtoin apoktenaleia, mē tinos ekkolumbarantos diafeugateia;… soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none …