verb
emptuamō
Strong’sG1716
I spit upon
stem emptu-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books6 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.
ἐμ-πτύω
[in LXX: seq. εἰς, Nu 12:14 A, De 25:9 (יָרָק)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1716 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
spit into, ἐς ποταμόν Refs 5th c.BC+
II spit upon, εἴς τι NT+4th c.BC+:—middle, LXX:—passive, to be spat upon, Refs 1st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| emptualeἐνέπτυον | was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural | spitting on | 1× |
| emptualiἐμπτύσουσιν | will happen · theyfuture active indicative 3rd person plural | spit on | 1× |
| emptuitiἐμπτυσθήσεται | will happen · he/she/itfuture passive indicative 3rd person singular | spit upon | 1× |
| emptualaἐνέπτυσαν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | spat | 1× |
| emptuarōἐμπτύειν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | spit on | 1× |
| emptuarantoisἐμπτύσαντες | happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine | spat | 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 172, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 4 occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | emptuamō | emptuame | emptuami | emptuama | emptuamē | emptuamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | emptuasō | emptuase | emptuasi | emptuasa | emptuasē | emptuaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | emptuatō | emptuate | emptuati | emptuata | emptuatē | emptuatelē |
| we 1st person plural | emptuanō | emptuane | emptuani | emptuana | emptuanē | emptuanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | emptuavō | emptuave | emptuavi | emptuava | emptuavē | emptuavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | emptualō | emptuale1×ἐνέπτυον | emptuali1×ἐμπτύσουσιν | emptuala1×ἐνέπτυσαν | emptualē | emptualelē |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | emptuomō | emptuome | emptuomē | emptuomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | emptuosō | emptuose | emptuosē | emptuoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | emptuotō | emptuote | emptuotē | emptuotelē |
| we 1st person plural | emptuonō | emptuone | emptuonē | emptuonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | emptuovō | emptuove | emptuovē | emptuovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | emptuolō | emptuole | emptuolē | emptuolelē |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | will happen future | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | emptuimi | emptuima |
| you 2nd person singular | emptuisi | emptuisa |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | emptuiti1×ἐμπτυσθήσεται | emptuita |
| we 1st person plural | emptuini | emptuina |
| ye 2nd person plural | emptuivi | emptuiva |
| they 3rd person plural | emptuili | emptuila |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | emptuameiō | emptuameia | emptuameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | emptuaseiō | emptuaseia | emptuaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | emptuateiō | emptuateia | emptuateiē |
| we 1st person plural | emptuaneiō | emptuaneia | emptuaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | emptuaveiō | emptuaveia | emptuaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | emptualeiō | emptualeia | emptualeiē |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | emptuomeiō | emptuomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | emptuoseiō | emptuoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | emptuoteiō | emptuoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | emptuoneiō | emptuoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | emptuoveiō | emptuoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | emptuoleiō | emptuoleiē |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | emptuimeia |
| you 2nd person singular | emptuiseia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | emptuiteia |
| we 1st person plural | emptuineia |
| ye 2nd person plural | emptuiveia |
| they 3rd person plural | emptuileia |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | emptuasōr | emptuasar | emptuasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | emptuatōr | emptuatar | emptuatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | emptuavōr | emptuavar | emptuavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | emptualōr | emptualar | emptualēr |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | emptuosōr | emptuosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | emptuotōr | emptuotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | emptuovōr | emptuovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | emptuolōr | emptuolēr |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | emptuisar |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | emptuitar |
| ye 2nd person plural | emptuivar |
| they 3rd person plural | emptuilar |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | emptuamoiō | emptuamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | emptuasoiō | emptuasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | emptuatoiō | emptuatoia |
| we 1st person plural | emptuanoiō | emptuanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | emptuavoiō | emptuavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | emptualoiō | emptualoia |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | emptuomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | emptuosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | emptuotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | emptuonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | emptuovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | emptuoloiō |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | emptuimoia |
| you 2nd person singular | emptuisoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | emptuitoia |
| we 1st person plural | emptuinoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | emptuivoia |
| they 3rd person plural | emptuiloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | emptuarō1×ἐμπτύειν | emptuari | emptuara | emptuarē |
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | emptuorō | emptuorē | ||
| acted on passive voice | emptuiri | emptuira |
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 | emptuarōntos | emptuarintos | emptuarantos1× | emptuarēntos |
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | emptuorōntos | emptuorēntos | ||
| acted on passive voice | emptuirintos | emptuirantos |
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
emptu 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.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
emptuale“spitting on”was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Mark 15:19… tuptale autou tan kefalan kalamo kai emptuale auto, kai titharōntois teim gonueim proskunale …… His head with a staff and spitting on Him. And they knelt down and …
emptuali“spit on”will happen · theyfuture active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Mark 10:34kai empaizali auto kai emptuali auto kai mastigali auton kai apoktenali, …who will mock Him and spit on Him and flog Him and kill …
emptuiti“spit upon”will happen · he/she/itfuture passive indicative 3rd person singular1×
Luke 18:32… ethnei kai empaiziti kai hubriziti kai emptuiti,… will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.
emptuala“spat”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Matthew 26:67“spat”tote emptuala eis tem prosōpem autou kai kolafizala …Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others …
emptuarō“spit on”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
Mark 14:65kai archela tinois emptuarō auto kai perikaluptarō autou tem prosōpem …Then some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him …
emptuarantois“spat”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine1×
Matthew 27:30“spat”kai emptuarantois eis auton labala ton kalamon kai …… they spit on Him and took the staff and struck Him …