verb
epileichamō
Strong’sG621
I lick off, lick clean
stem epileich-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-λείχω
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G621 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidap-ol-i'-kho
to lick clean
Fromfrom G575 and λείχω (to "lick");
King Jameslick.
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
lick off, ἕλκη, variant for{ἐπι-}, Refs 8th c.BC+ lick clean, with genitive partitive, φόνουNT
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| epileichaleἐπέλειχον | was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural | licked | 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 | epileichamō | epileichame | epileichami | epileichama | epileichamē | epileichamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | epileichasō | epileichase | epileichasi | epileichasa | epileichasē | epileichaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epileichatō | epileichate | epileichati | epileichata | epileichatē | epileichatelē |
| we 1st person plural | epileichanō | epileichane | epileichani | epileichana | epileichanē | epileichanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | epileichavō | epileichave | epileichavi | epileichava | epileichavē | epileichavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | epileichalō | epileichale1×ἐπέλειχον | epileichali | epileichala | epileichalē | epileichalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epileichameiō | epileichameia | epileichameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | epileichaseiō | epileichaseia | epileichaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epileichateiō | epileichateia | epileichateiē |
| we 1st person plural | epileichaneiō | epileichaneia | epileichaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | epileichaveiō | epileichaveia | epileichaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | epileichaleiō | epileichaleia | epileichaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | epileichasōr | epileichasar | epileichasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epileichatōr | epileichatar | epileichatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | epileichavōr | epileichavar | epileichavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | epileichalōr | epileichalar | epileichalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epileichamoiō | epileichamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | epileichasoiō | epileichasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epileichatoiō | epileichatoia |
| we 1st person plural | epileichanoiō | epileichanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | epileichavoiō | epileichavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | epileichaloiō | epileichaloia |
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 | epileicharō | epileichari | epileichara | epileicharē |
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 | epileicharōntos | epileicharintos | epileicharantos | epileicharēntos |
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
epileich 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
epileichale“licked”was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Luke 16:21… plousiou; alla kai tois kunois erchorōntois epileichale teim helkeim autou.… table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.