verb
epikellamō
Strong’sG2027
I force forward, run aground
stem epikell-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-κέλλω
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2027 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidep-ok-el'-lo
to drive upon the shore, i.e. to beach a vessel
Fromfrom G1909 and ὀκέλλω (to urge);
King Jamesrun aground.
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
={ἐπικέλλω}, run ashore, νέας, τὴν νέα, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 of the ship, run aground, be wrecked, Refs 2nd c.BC+; put in, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of tunnies, Refs 4th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| epikellalaἐπέκειλαν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | ran … aground | 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 | epikellamō | epikellame | epikellami | epikellama | epikellamē | epikellamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | epikellasō | epikellase | epikellasi | epikellasa | epikellasē | epikellaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epikellatō | epikellate | epikellati | epikellata | epikellatē | epikellatelē |
| we 1st person plural | epikellanō | epikellane | epikellani | epikellana | epikellanē | epikellanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | epikellavō | epikellave | epikellavi | epikellava | epikellavē | epikellavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | epikellalō | epikellale | epikellali | epikellala1×ἐπέκειλαν | epikellalē | epikellalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epikellameiō | epikellameia | epikellameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | epikellaseiō | epikellaseia | epikellaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epikellateiō | epikellateia | epikellateiē |
| we 1st person plural | epikellaneiō | epikellaneia | epikellaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | epikellaveiō | epikellaveia | epikellaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | epikellaleiō | epikellaleia | epikellaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | epikellasōr | epikellasar | epikellasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epikellatōr | epikellatar | epikellatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | epikellavōr | epikellavar | epikellavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | epikellalōr | epikellalar | epikellalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epikellamoiō | epikellamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | epikellasoiō | epikellasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epikellatoiō | epikellatoia |
| we 1st person plural | epikellanoiō | epikellanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | epikellavoiō | epikellavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | epikellaloiō | epikellaloia |
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 | epikellarō | epikellari | epikellara | epikellarē |
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 | epikellarōntos | epikellarintos | epikellarantos | epikellarēntos |
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
epikell 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
epikellala“ran … aground”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Acts 27:41peripiptarantois de eis topon dithalasson epikellala tan nauan, kai tas men prōras …… the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would …