verb

Greekἐπιδύω (epiduō)

Biblang

epiduamō

Strong’sG1931

I sink, set

stem epidu-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.

ἐπι-δύω

[in LXX: De 24:15, Jos 8:29, Je 15:9 (בּוֹא)*;]

to go down, set (of the sun): Eph 4:26.†

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

Strong’s G1931 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-ee-doo'-o

to set fully (as the sun)

Fromfrom G1909 and G1416;

King Jamesgo down.

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

ἐπιδύω
(ἐπιδρομ-δύνω [ῡ] Refs 4th c.AD+, aorist 2 ἐπέδυν, set upon or so as to interrupt an action, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὁ ἥλιος μὴ ἐ. ἐπὶ LXX+1st 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.

go down1×

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
epiduatōrἐπιδυέτω	happening now · he/she/itpresent active imperative 3rd person singular	go down	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	epiduamō	epiduame	epiduami	epiduama	epiduamē	epiduamelē
you 2nd person singular	epiduasō	epiduase	epiduasi	epiduasa	epiduasē	epiduaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epiduatō	epiduate	epiduati	epiduata	epiduatē	epiduatelē
we 1st person plural	epiduanō	epiduane	epiduani	epiduana	epiduanē	epiduanelē
ye 2nd person plural	epiduavō	epiduave	epiduavi	epiduava	epiduavē	epiduavelē
they 3rd person plural	epidualō	epiduale	epiduali	epiduala	epidualē	epidualelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	epiduameiō	epiduameia	epiduameiē
you 2nd person singular	epiduaseiō	epiduaseia	epiduaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epiduateiō	epiduateia	epiduateiē
we 1st person plural	epiduaneiō	epiduaneia	epiduaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	epiduaveiō	epiduaveia	epiduaveiē
they 3rd person plural	epidualeiō	epidualeia	epidualeiē

Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	epiduasōr	epiduasar	epiduasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epiduatōr1×ἐπιδυέτω	epiduatar	epiduatēr
ye 2nd person plural	epiduavōr	epiduavar	epiduavēr
they 3rd person plural	epidualōr	epidualar	epidualēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	epiduamoiō	epiduamoia
you 2nd person singular	epiduasoiō	epiduasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epiduatoiō	epiduatoia
we 1st person plural	epiduanoiō	epiduanoia
ye 2nd person plural	epiduavoiō	epiduavoia
they 3rd person plural	epidualoiō	epidualoia

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	epiduarō	epiduari	epiduara	epiduarē

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	epiduarōntos	epiduarintos	epiduarantos	epiduarēntos

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

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

epidu 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

epiduatōr“go down”happening now · he/she/itpresent active imperative 3rd person singular1×

Ephesians 4:26“go down”… kai mē hamartavōr; tos hēlios mē epiduatōr epi parorgismoso vu,… yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,