verb

epigambreuamō

Greekἐπιγαμβρεύω (epigambreuō)

Strong’sG1918

I marry a deceased brother's wife

stem epigambreu-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

marry1×

What it means

† ἐπι-γαμβρεύω

(< γαμβρός, a connection by marriage) [in LXX: Ge 34:9, I Ki 18:21 ff., II Ch 18:1, Es 9:14 (חָתַן hithp.), Ge 38:8 R (יָבַם pi.), I Mac 10:54, 56 *;]

1. to enter into affinity with: c. dat. (LXX, ll. c., exc. Ge 38:8).

2. to marry (as deceased husband's next of kin, cf. Ge 38:8): c. acc, Mt 22:24.†

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

Strong’s G1918 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-ee-gam-bryoo'-o

to form affinity with, i.e. (specially) in a levirate way

Fromfrom G1909 and a derivative of G1062;

King Jamesmarry.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
epigambreuatiἐπιγαμβρεύσει	will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular	marry	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	epigambreuamō	epigambreuame	epigambreuami	epigambreuama	epigambreuamē	epigambreuamelē
you 2nd person singular	epigambreuasō	epigambreuase	epigambreuasi	epigambreuasa	epigambreuasē	epigambreuaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epigambreuatō	epigambreuate	epigambreuati1×ἐπιγαμβρεύσει	epigambreuata	epigambreuatē	epigambreuatelē
we 1st person plural	epigambreuanō	epigambreuane	epigambreuani	epigambreuana	epigambreuanē	epigambreuanelē
ye 2nd person plural	epigambreuavō	epigambreuave	epigambreuavi	epigambreuava	epigambreuavē	epigambreuavelē
they 3rd person plural	epigambreualō	epigambreuale	epigambreuali	epigambreuala	epigambreualē	epigambreualelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	epigambreuameiō	epigambreuameia	epigambreuameiē
you 2nd person singular	epigambreuaseiō	epigambreuaseia	epigambreuaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epigambreuateiō	epigambreuateia	epigambreuateiē
we 1st person plural	epigambreuaneiō	epigambreuaneia	epigambreuaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	epigambreuaveiō	epigambreuaveia	epigambreuaveiē
they 3rd person plural	epigambreualeiō	epigambreualeia	epigambreualeiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	epigambreuasōr	epigambreuasar	epigambreuasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epigambreuatōr	epigambreuatar	epigambreuatēr
ye 2nd person plural	epigambreuavōr	epigambreuavar	epigambreuavēr
they 3rd person plural	epigambreualōr	epigambreualar	epigambreualēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	epigambreuamoiō	epigambreuamoia
you 2nd person singular	epigambreuasoiō	epigambreuasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epigambreuatoiō	epigambreuatoia
we 1st person plural	epigambreuanoiō	epigambreuanoia
ye 2nd person plural	epigambreuavoiō	epigambreuavoia
they 3rd person plural	epigambreualoiō	epigambreualoia

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	epigambreuarō	epigambreuari	epigambreuara	epigambreuarē

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	epigambreuarōtos	epigambreuaritos	epigambreuaratos	epigambreuarētos

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

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

epigambreu 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

epigambreuati“marry”will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular1×

Matthew 22:24“marry”legarōtois; Didaskalor, Mōusos legata; Ean tinos apothnēskateia mē echarōtos tekneim, epigambreuati tos adelfos autou tan gunaikan autou kai anistanati spermem to adelfo autou.“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.