verb
endunamō
Strong’sG1744
I clothe, enter, creep into
stem endun-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.
ἐν-δύνω, v.s. ἐνδύω.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1744 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
or ἐνδύνω (ἐνδυνέω variant in Refs 5th c.BC+, with middle ἐνδύομαι, future -δύσομαι: aorist 1 -εδυσάμη; Epic dialect aorist or imperfect -εδυσόμην: aorist 2 active -έδυν: perfect -δέδῡκα:
I with accusative of things vel loci, go into,
I.1 of clothes, put on, ἔνδυνε χιτῶνα Refs 8th c.BC+; τὴν σκευήνRefs 5th c.BC+perfect ἐνδέδῡκα, wear, κιθῶνας λινέους Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, ἐν δ᾽ αὐτὸς ἐδύσετο χαλκόν Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐνδύεσθαι ὅπλα variant in Refs 5th c.BC+; also τὸν Ταρκύνιον ἐνδύεσθαι assume the person of T., NT+1st c.BC+:—passive, to be clothed in, have on, ἐσθῆτα ἐνδεδύσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2 enter, press into, with accusative, ἐν δέ οἱ ἦτορ δῦν᾽ ἄχος ἄτλητον Refs 8th c.BC+; ἀκοντιστὺν ἐνδύσεαι thou wilt enter the contest Refs 5th c.BC+; also ἐ. εἰς.. Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰς τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν ἐνδῦναι enter upon it, undertake it, Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, enter, Refs 5th c.BC+ insinuate oneself into their minds, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐνὶ χροῒ δύετο ῥινὸς ἐντυπάς Epic.inRefsperfect passive, φυσικαῖς ἐνδεδυμένος αἰτίαις uncertain in Refs 1st c.AD+: absolutely, creep in, variant for{ἐσ-}, Refs 5th c.BC+slip through, Refs 1st c.AD+
I.3 sink in, hence τρίβος ἐνδεδυκώς sunken path, Refs; ῥίς sunken nose, Refs
II causal in present ἐνδύω, future -δύσω: aorist 1 -έδυσα:—put on another, clothe in, with double accusative, τὴν ἐξωμίδ᾽ ἐνδύσω σε Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 clothe, ἐνδύουσι τὤγαλμα Refs 5th c.BC+; σύ με ἐνδέδυκας [probably ῠ] 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| endunarōntoisἐνδύνοντες | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine | worm their way | 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 | endunamō | enduname | endunami | endunama | endunamē | endunamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | endunasō | endunase | endunasi | endunasa | endunasē | endunaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | endunatō | endunate | endunati | endunata | endunatē | endunatelē |
| we 1st person plural | endunanō | endunane | endunani | endunana | endunanē | endunanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | endunavō | endunave | endunavi | endunava | endunavē | endunavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | endunalō | endunale | endunali | endunala | endunalē | endunalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | endunameiō | endunameia | endunameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | endunaseiō | endunaseia | endunaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | endunateiō | endunateia | endunateiē |
| we 1st person plural | endunaneiō | endunaneia | endunaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | endunaveiō | endunaveia | endunaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | endunaleiō | endunaleia | endunaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | endunasōr | endunasar | endunasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | endunatōr | endunatar | endunatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | endunavōr | endunavar | endunavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | endunalōr | endunalar | endunalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | endunamoiō | endunamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | endunasoiō | endunasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | endunatoiō | endunatoia |
| we 1st person plural | endunanoiō | endunanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | endunavoiō | endunavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | endunaloiō | endunaloia |
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 | endunarō | endunari | endunara | endunarē |
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 | endunarōntos1× | endunarintos | endunarantos | endunarēntos |
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
endun 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
endunarōntois“worm their way”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×
2 Timothy 3:6ek houtoiu gar alō tois endunarōntois eis tain oikiain kai aichmalōtizarōntois gunaikarieim …They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women …