verb

Greekἐννεύω (enneuō)

Biblang

enneuamō

Strong’sG1770

I make a sign to by nodding

stem enneu-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-νεύω

[in LXX: Pr 6:13 10:10 (קָרַץ), Si 27:22 A *;]

to nod to, make a sign to: c. dat. pers., Lk 1:62.†

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

Strong’s G1770 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiden-nyoo'-o

to nod at, i.e. beckon or communicate by gesture

Fromfrom G1722 and G3506;

King Jamesmake signs.

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

ἐννεύω,
nod or make signs to, ἐννεύει με φεύγειν Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐ. τινὶ τὸ τί ἂν θέλοι.. ask him by signs what.., 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.

made signs1×

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
enneualeἐνένευον	was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural	made signs	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, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	enneuamō	enneuame	enneuami	enneuama	enneuamē	enneuamelē
you 2nd person singular	enneuasō	enneuase	enneuasi	enneuasa	enneuasē	enneuaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	enneuatō	enneuate	enneuati	enneuata	enneuatē	enneuatelē
we 1st person plural	enneuanō	enneuane	enneuani	enneuana	enneuanē	enneuanelē
ye 2nd person plural	enneuavō	enneuave	enneuavi	enneuava	enneuavē	enneuavelē
they 3rd person plural	enneualō	enneuale1×ἐνένευον	enneuali	enneuala	enneualē	enneualelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	enneuameiō	enneuameia	enneuameiē
you 2nd person singular	enneuaseiō	enneuaseia	enneuaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	enneuateiō	enneuateia	enneuateiē
we 1st person plural	enneuaneiō	enneuaneia	enneuaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	enneuaveiō	enneuaveia	enneuaveiē
they 3rd person plural	enneualeiō	enneualeia	enneualeiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	enneuasōr	enneuasar	enneuasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	enneuatōr	enneuatar	enneuatēr
ye 2nd person plural	enneuavōr	enneuavar	enneuavēr
they 3rd person plural	enneualōr	enneualar	enneualēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	enneuamoiō	enneuamoia
you 2nd person singular	enneuasoiō	enneuasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	enneuatoiō	enneuatoia
we 1st person plural	enneuanoiō	enneuanoia
ye 2nd person plural	enneuavoiō	enneuavoia
they 3rd person plural	enneualoiō	enneualoia

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	enneuarō	enneuari	enneuara	enneuarē

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	enneuarōntos	enneuarintos	enneuarantos	enneuarēntos

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

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

enneu 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

enneuale“made signs”was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural1×

Luke 1:62enneuale de to patro autou tem tinem …So they made signs to his father to find out …