verb
entafiazamō
Strong’sG1779
I embalm, prepare for burial
stem entafiaz-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 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.
† ἐνταφιάζω
[in LXX: Ge 50:2 (חָנַט; cf. ἐνταφιαστής, Ge 50:2 for רָפָא; v. Deiss., BS, 120 f.; MM, Exp., xiii)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1779 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
prepare for burial, lay out, LXX+NT+1st c.AD+:—middle, τὸ λοιπὸν ἐντεταφιασμένος περιπατεῖ Refs 1st c.BC+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| entafiazarōἐνταφιάζειν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | burial | 1× |
| entafiazaraἐνταφιάσαι | happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive | burial | 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 | entafiazamō | entafiazame | entafiazami | entafiazama | entafiazamē | entafiazamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | entafiazasō | entafiazase | entafiazasi | entafiazasa | entafiazasē | entafiazaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | entafiazatō | entafiazate | entafiazati | entafiazata | entafiazatē | entafiazatelē |
| we 1st person plural | entafiazanō | entafiazane | entafiazani | entafiazana | entafiazanē | entafiazanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | entafiazavō | entafiazave | entafiazavi | entafiazava | entafiazavē | entafiazavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | entafiazalō | entafiazale | entafiazali | entafiazala | entafiazalē | entafiazalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | entafiazameiō | entafiazameia | entafiazameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | entafiazaseiō | entafiazaseia | entafiazaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | entafiazateiō | entafiazateia | entafiazateiē |
| we 1st person plural | entafiazaneiō | entafiazaneia | entafiazaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | entafiazaveiō | entafiazaveia | entafiazaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | entafiazaleiō | entafiazaleia | entafiazaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | entafiazasōr | entafiazasar | entafiazasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | entafiazatōr | entafiazatar | entafiazatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | entafiazavōr | entafiazavar | entafiazavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | entafiazalōr | entafiazalar | entafiazalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | entafiazamoiō | entafiazamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | entafiazasoiō | entafiazasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | entafiazatoiō | entafiazatoia |
| we 1st person plural | entafiazanoiō | entafiazanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | entafiazavoiō | entafiazavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | entafiazaloiō | entafiazaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | entafiazarō1×ἐνταφιάζειν | entafiazari | entafiazara1×ἐνταφιάσαι | entafiazarē |
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 | entafiazarōntos | entafiazarintos | entafiazarantos | entafiazarēntos |
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
entafiaz 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
entafiazarō“burial”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
John 19:40… arōmeiu, kathōs ethem atō toi Ioudaioi entafiazarō.… the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.
entafiazara“burial”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive1×
Matthew 26:12… epi teu sōmeu mu pros tem entafiazara min poiata.… she has prepared My body for burial.