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verb

Greekἐπιδημέω (epidēmeō)
Biblang

epidēmamō

Strong’sG1927

I sojourn, am resident

stem epidēm-2 times 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.

* ἐπι-δημέω, -ῶ

(< δῆμος);

1. to be at home (Thuc., Plat., al.),
2. to stay in a place, sojourn (Plat., Xen., al.; and v. MM, Exp., xiv): Ac 2:10 17:21; seq. ἐν, ib. 18:27 (WH, mg.).†

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

Strong’s G1927 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-ee-day-meh'-o

to make oneself at home, i.e. (by extension) to reside (in a foreign country)

Fromfrom a compound of G1909 and G1218;

King James(be) dwelling (which were) there, stranger.

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
ἐπιδημ-έω,
to be at home, live at home, opposed to ἀποδημέω, Refs 6th c.BC+; ἐ. Ἀθήνησι stay at home at Athens, Refs 5th c.BC+
2. of diseases, to be prevalent, epidemic, Refs 5th c.BC+
II. come home, Refs 5th c.BC+.
III. of foreigners, come to stay in a city, reside in a place, οἱ -οῦντες ἐν Refs 6th c.BC+; ἐ. εἰς Μέγαρα come to Megara to stay there, Refs 6th c.BC+; ἐ. τοῖς μυστηρίοις to be present at, attend them, Refs 4th c.BC+ all who were present[at the festival], Refs 3rd c.BC+: laterc. dative,Refs 2nd c.BC+
III.2. absolutely,stay in a place, be in town, NT+6th c.BC+.
III.3. ἐ. τινί visit a person, Refs 4th 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.

lived1×visitors1×

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 itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
epidēmarōntoisἐπιδημοῦντεςhappening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculinelived2×

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 personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularepidēmamōepidēmameepidēmamiepidēmamaepidēmamēepidēmamelē
you 2nd person singularepidēmasōepidēmaseepidēmasiepidēmasaepidēmasēepidēmaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularepidēmatōepidēmateepidēmatiepidēmataepidēmatēepidēmatelē
we 1st person pluralepidēmanōepidēmaneepidēmaniepidēmanaepidēmanēepidēmanelē
ye 2nd person pluralepidēmavōepidēmaveepidēmaviepidēmavaepidēmavēepidēmavelē
they 3rd person pluralepidēmalōepidēmaleepidēmaliepidēmalaepidēmalēepidēmalelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularepidēmameiōepidēmameiaepidēmameiē
you 2nd person singularepidēmaseiōepidēmaseiaepidēmaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularepidēmateiōepidēmateiaepidēmateiē
we 1st person pluralepidēmaneiōepidēmaneiaepidēmaneiē
ye 2nd person pluralepidēmaveiōepidēmaveiaepidēmaveiē
they 3rd person pluralepidēmaleiōepidēmaleiaepidēmaleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularepidēmasōrepidēmasarepidēmasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularepidēmatōrepidēmatarepidēmatēr
ye 2nd person pluralepidēmavōrepidēmavarepidēmavēr
they 3rd person pluralepidēmalōrepidēmalarepidēmalēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularepidēmamoiōepidēmamoia
you 2nd person singularepidēmasoiōepidēmasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularepidēmatoiōepidēmatoia
we 1st person pluralepidēmanoiōepidēmanoia
ye 2nd person pluralepidēmavoiōepidēmavoia
they 3rd person pluralepidēmaloiōepidēmaloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceepidēmarōepidēmariepidēmaraepidēmarē
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceepidēmarōntos2×epidēmarintosepidēmarantosepidēmarēntos

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

epidēm 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

epidēmarōntois“lived”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine2×

Acts 2:10… Libuau tau kata Kurēnan, kai tois epidēmarōntois Rōmaiois,… the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,

Acts 17:21Athēnaiois de pantois kai tois epidēmarōntois xenois eis oudenem heterem eukairale ē …… all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing …