verb
enkrinamō
Strong’sG1469
I count among
stem enkrin-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.
ἐγ-κρίνω, v.s. ἐνκ-.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1469 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
reckon in or among: reckon as, τίν᾽ ἄνδρ᾽ ἄριστον ἐγκρίναιεν ἄν; Refs 5th c.BC+
2 of persons, select, admit, ἐ. ἢ συγκρ. NT:—passive, εἰς τὴν αἵρεσιν Refs 5th c.BC+; of ἔφηβοι, Refs 3rd c.BC+; of athletes, Refs 2nd c.AD+; ἐγκρινόμενος, ὁ, subject of statue by Alcamenes, Refs 1st c.AD+
3 admit, accept, opposed to ἀποκρίνω, Refs 5th c.BC+; παλιγγενεσίαν Refs 5th c.BC+; regard as genuine, νομίσματα Refs 5th c.BC+; admit, sanction, e.g. an author as classical, Refs
4 approue, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ἀριθμὸς ἐγκρίνεται is adopted, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| enkrinaraἐγκρῖναι | happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive | classify | 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 | enkrinamō | enkriname | enkrinami | enkrinama | enkrinamē | enkrinamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | enkrinasō | enkrinase | enkrinasi | enkrinasa | enkrinasē | enkrinaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | enkrinatō | enkrinate | enkrinati | enkrinata | enkrinatē | enkrinatelē |
| we 1st person plural | enkrinanō | enkrinane | enkrinani | enkrinana | enkrinanē | enkrinanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | enkrinavō | enkrinave | enkrinavi | enkrinava | enkrinavē | enkrinavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | enkrinalō | enkrinale | enkrinali | enkrinala | enkrinalē | enkrinalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | enkrinameiō | enkrinameia | enkrinameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | enkrinaseiō | enkrinaseia | enkrinaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | enkrinateiō | enkrinateia | enkrinateiē |
| we 1st person plural | enkrinaneiō | enkrinaneia | enkrinaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | enkrinaveiō | enkrinaveia | enkrinaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | enkrinaleiō | enkrinaleia | enkrinaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | enkrinasōr | enkrinasar | enkrinasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | enkrinatōr | enkrinatar | enkrinatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | enkrinavōr | enkrinavar | enkrinavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | enkrinalōr | enkrinalar | enkrinalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | enkrinamoiō | enkrinamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | enkrinasoiō | enkrinasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | enkrinatoiō | enkrinatoia |
| we 1st person plural | enkrinanoiō | enkrinanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | enkrinavoiō | enkrinavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | enkrinaloiō | enkrinaloia |
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 | enkrinarō | enkrinari | enkrinara1×ἐγκρῖναι | enkrinarē |
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 | enkrinarōntos | enkrinarintos | enkrinarantos | enkrinarēntos |
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
enkrin 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
enkrinara“classify”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive1×
2 Corinthians 10:12Ouk gar tolmanō enkrinara ē sunkrinara heautoin tinoi toiu heautoin …We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who …