verb

Greekἐμβατεύω (embateuō)

Biblang

embateuamō

Strong’sG1687

I enter, set foot on

stem embateu-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.

ἐμβατεύω

[in LXX: c. acc, Jos 19:49 (נָחַל, Jos 19:51 (חָלַק pi.); seq. εἰς, I Mac 12:25 13:20 14:31 15:40; metaph., II Mac 2:30 *;] (< ἐμβάτης < ἐμβαίνω)

1. to step in or on (Soph.), hence

(a) to frequent, haunt, dwell in (Æsch., Eur.); metaph., Col 2:18 (dwelling in, R, txt.; taking, R, mg.);

(b) to invade (1Mac, ll c.; metaph., Col, l.c.).

2. to enter on, come into possession of (Eur., Dem.; LXX, Jos, ll. c.); on the difficulties of reading and interpretation in this passage, v. Lft, Col., 194 f., 252; ICC, 268 ff.; Field, Notes, 197; Milligan, NTD, 177; and for exx. from π., MM, Exp., xii (cf. κενεμβ.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1687 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidem-bat-yoo'-o

equivalent to G1684; to intrude on (figuratively)

Fromfrom G1722 and a presumed derivative of the base of G939;

King Jamesintrude into.

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

ἐμβᾰτ-εύω,
step in or on, frequent, haunt: with accusative, of tutelary gods, νῆσος.. ἣν ὁ φιλόχορος Πὰν ἐμβατεύει Refs 5th c.BC+: with genitive, in simple sense, set foot upon, μήτ᾽ ἐμβατεύειν πατρίδος Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, enter a sacred cave, Refs
II ἐ. κλήρους χθονός enter on, come into possession of, LXX+5th c.BC+ enter on possession of the vessel, Refs 4th c.BC+: absolutely, enter on an inheritance, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 metaphorically, νέων ψυχάς Refs 4th c.AD+
III mount, cover, of the male, Refs 4th c.AD+
IV to be initiated into the mysteries, 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.

claiming access to1×

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
embateuarōntosἐμβατεύων	happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine	claiming access to	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	embateuamō	embateuame	embateuami	embateuama	embateuamē	embateuamelē
you 2nd person singular	embateuasō	embateuase	embateuasi	embateuasa	embateuasē	embateuaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	embateuatō	embateuate	embateuati	embateuata	embateuatē	embateuatelē
we 1st person plural	embateuanō	embateuane	embateuani	embateuana	embateuanē	embateuanelē
ye 2nd person plural	embateuavō	embateuave	embateuavi	embateuava	embateuavē	embateuavelē
they 3rd person plural	embateualō	embateuale	embateuali	embateuala	embateualē	embateualelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	embateuameiō	embateuameia	embateuameiē
you 2nd person singular	embateuaseiō	embateuaseia	embateuaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	embateuateiō	embateuateia	embateuateiē
we 1st person plural	embateuaneiō	embateuaneia	embateuaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	embateuaveiō	embateuaveia	embateuaveiē
they 3rd person plural	embateualeiō	embateualeia	embateualeiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	embateuasōr	embateuasar	embateuasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	embateuatōr	embateuatar	embateuatēr
ye 2nd person plural	embateuavōr	embateuavar	embateuavēr
they 3rd person plural	embateualōr	embateualar	embateualēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	embateuamoiō	embateuamoia
you 2nd person singular	embateuasoiō	embateuasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	embateuatoiō	embateuatoia
we 1st person plural	embateuanoiō	embateuanoia
ye 2nd person plural	embateuavoiō	embateuavoia
they 3rd person plural	embateualoiō	embateualoia

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	embateuarō	embateuari	embateuara	embateuarē

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	embateuarōntos1×ἐμβατεύων	embateuarintos	embateuarantos	embateuarēntos

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

embateustem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

embateu 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

embateuarōntos“claiming access to”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×

Colossians 2:18“claiming access to”… kai thrēskeia toiu angeloiu, heim horatē embateuarōntos, eikē fusiorōntos hupo tou nouou tau …… false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.